Route & Disciplines
The Campus Run should be for everybody, that’s why we have a number of disciplines and distances for you.
Campus Run disciplines:
- Kids Run (600m)
- 2,5 km
- 5 km
- 5 km Campus Walk
- 10 km TOP Run (for all runners faster than 55 minutes)
- 10 km
- Mathetower Run (220 Steps)
- Campus Queen and Campus King (who finishes the Mathetower Run, 5km and 10 km TOP Run with the fasted combined time?)
- Relay (4 x 2,5 km)
The route across campus is surveyed and exactly 2,5 km. So the 2,5 km Run is one round, the 5 km Run is two rounds, and the 10 km Run is 4 rounds. The route stretches across the entire North Campus and welcomes runners of all ages.
Details zu allen Disziplinen
Kids-Run (600 m)
The Kids Run is exclusively for our youngest runners (born 2012 and younger). It is 600 m long and goes from the Martin-Schmeißer-Platz across the Mensa bridge back to the Martin-Schmeißer-Platz. Start and finish are on the Martin-Schmeißer-Platz.
The Kids Run is for free but you have to sign up. That means that the kids have to be registered online in order to organise the bib numbers and time measurement. All participating Kids will be given a medal at the finish line. The certificates will be available for printing online. The link will be published on this website.
2,5 km
The 2,5 km Run is the perfect discipline for beginners to gather experience in running events or runners that specialise in short distance.
5 km
The 5 km Run is also known as the Fun Run. Two groups of runners like to participate in this discipline: runners that want to improve their personal best on the 5 km and compete with the other runners, and runners that participate in teams and often run in themed costumes. The latter focus on the fun in Fun Run and may win the challenge cup for the best costume. The 5 km distance is one of the most popular discipline of the Campus Run.
10 km Top Run
The 10 km TOP Run starts at 6.45 pm and addresses all runners with a time of 55 minutes or less. The TOP Run also hosts the NRW-University-Cup , where several universities from NRW compete.
10 km
The 10 km Run is the main event of the Campus Run. Perfect for everybody that wants to try a longer distance for the first time or wants to improve their personal best. Start is at 7.50 pm.
Mathetower Run (220 Steps)
The Mathetower Run is a set event in close cooperation with the Mathematics Faculty since 2008. In this stair run the runners climb the highest building on the North Campus, the Mathetower, with its 10 floors and a total of 220 steps. This makes this discipline perfect for beginners in the field of stair runs.
Synchronised stopwatches at start and finish measure your time, so that the Mathetower Run is also interesting for more experienced stair runners. Improve your personal best or use this race to prepare for other stair runs.
The runners start in 1-2 minute intervals in the northern staircase of the math building (facing the Martin-Schmeißer-Platz). This ensures there is no interference and no need for passing other runners, so that everybody can finish in their own pace. Behind the finish line you will be given water and fruit.
If you are also starting in other disciplines than the Mathetower Run, please send us an e-mail ahead of time, so we can coordinate your starting times.
Campus Queen / Campus King
Who finishes the Mathetower Run, the 5 km Run and the 10 km TOP Run the fastest? We sat down with the Math Faculty and analysed the times from the last two years. As a result we came up with the following weighting factor that will make the times more comparable. The MTR-time will be factored by 20, the 5 km time factored by 2 and the 10 km time stays at factor 1. Those three factored times will be added and the participants with the lowest overall time will be crowned Campus King / Campus Queen.
Relay
The 10 km Relay is a set event in the Campus Run since 2015. A relay team consists of four runners, that each finish one 2,5 km round. The transition area is near the Martin-Schmeißer-Platz, where the relay-baton is passed to the next runner.
