Legend of Cross 2026

Legend of Cross is a mud-and-obstacle race series in Thuringia, with events in Bad Frankenhausen and Mühlberg bei Drei Gleichen. Runners face mud baths, fire jumps, and over 30 natural and built obstacles, with distances from short children’s races to long adult courses. The programme includes individual and team entries, a 1 km Sloppy Race for children, 4 km junior and family options, 10 km sprint-style racing, and longer expert or berserker routes up to around 27 to 30 km. The Mühlberg race begins on the sports field below Mühlburg castle, then sends runners into rough cross-country terrain near the Drei Gleichen area. The Bad Frankenhausen event includes a strong local backstory: Olympic champion Nils Schumann first developed a passion for cross-country running there, and the area also has 16th-century Peasants’ War history. The field is large but still very participatory, with roughly one to three thousand entrants, including children, students, club runners, teams, and obstacle-race regulars. Its motto, “I AM LEGEND,” suits the format: this is less about a precise road time and more about getting through mud, climbing, crawling, and fire with a crowd around you.