Half Marathon races near Munich

Munich Training Notes

Munich hosts 19 Half Marathon races in 2026 within 80 km of the city centre — upcoming dates, recurring series, and other races nearby, all in one place.

Locals run Olympiapark when they want structure, and Olympiaberg gives you clean hill sprints without leaving town. Englischer Garten carries easy Z2, steady laps, and a coffee stop at Fräulein Grüneis when the run is done. Nymphenburger Schloss works for long runs, with small rivers, bridges, and quiet early starts. Munich Running Buddies keeps the social runs going every week. runningsociety brings the sharper work, with RS Fight, RS Power, and RS Longfight on fixed days. München Marathon is the anchor event, and Oktoberfestlauf München, SportScheck RUN München, and Winterlaufserie München fill the calendar.

Locals ride the Isar, Perlacher Forst, Starnberger See, Ammersee, and Wörthsee for base miles that still feel close to the city. Munich to Dachau and Oberschleißheim and back rides relatively flat and easy. The south pulls groups through Perlacher Forst toward Deining, Endlhausen, and Sauerlach. Munich Social Cyclists keeps it social, and its day tours usually cover 45 to 60 km on cycle paths, quiet roads, and gravel tracks. Bici Bavarese, Pas Normal Studios Munich, 3 Mills Cycling & Coffee, Ryzon, Ciao Ciao, Rapha, Sturmvogel, RCSchwalben, and rtc münchen give you plenty of wheels to follow. The climbs sit toward Tegernsee, Wallgau to Walchensee, and Achenpass/Achenkirch.

July is the warmest month in Munich, and summer has warm to hot days with showers and thunderstorms. Locals still get the work done early, then use Englischer Garten, Isar, Perlacher Forst, and the lakes when the city heats up. Munich Social Cyclists starts its season in mid-March and rides until the first snows of December. Winter turns cold, but the city has no permanent snow cover, so running keeps moving through Olympiapark, Nymphenburger Schloss, and the Winterlaufserie München. The föhn can raise temperatures sharply within a few hours, even in winter.