Events and Categories
From the beginning there has also been a contest for inline skaters. They start ahead of the runners and try to finish the course in the time limit for skaters, which is 2:30 h.
Since 1998 there is also a contest for handcyclists.
In the last years it has been more and more difficult to utilize the starting field because of diverse interests. To countervail, the management of the marathon created new events and contests, which all take place at the same course on the same day.
Here is a list of all competitions:
- Marathon
- Half marathon
- Inline marathon - for skaters
- Handcyclist marathon
- Run 63 km - a full marathon plus a half marathon
- Run&Skate 63 km - first run a half marathon and afterwards skate a complete marathon
- Run&Skate 84 km - first skating, and then running with the peloton
- 105 km of Cologne - run 21 km (half marathon), skating 42 km, running 42 km
- School Relay - schools may set up their own relay teams, the handover is at fixed points
- Cultural Relay - any group of people that is committed to any kind of cultural activity (e.g. carnival groups), may set up relay teams (again with fixed handovers). These teams are often dressed up specially.
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