10K races near Ottobrunn

Gilching Läuft is a local running event held at the TSV Gilching-Argelsried stadium in Gilching, Bavaria. Starts and finishes are at the club grounds on Talhofstraße. The event is organized by the club’s athletics department and is intended for families, children, club runners, and adults seeking a short road or forest race, distinct from large city events. The event features 700 m races for toddlers and school-age children, a 3.7 km small forest run, a 5 km forest run, and a 10 km race. The courses traverse a nearby wooded area. Refreshments will be available post-race, and medical support will be present. Organizers request participants refrain from arriving by car due to limited parking at the club grounds.

MARATHON MÜNCHEN is Munich’s official city marathon, with the full 42.195 km race run as one loop through the city and back to the Olympic Park. The main race starts on Spiridon-Louis-Ring and finishes at Willi-Daume-Platz, both inside the Olympic Park. The programme also includes a marathon relay, a half marathon, and a 10K, so the weekend works for first-time marathoners, teams of friends, shorter-distance runners, and people chasing a faster effort without committing to the full distance. The marathon route links several of Munich’s best-known places: Marienplatz, Odeonsplatz, the Siegestor, the English Garden, and the Olympic Park finish. The Werksviertel adds a louder, more modern stretch, with music, food spots, and heavy crowd support; it is also the starting area for the 10K at Knödelplatz. The half marathon starts in the Olympic Park, runs into the city center to Sendlinger Tor, and returns to the same Olympic Park finish. Around the races, the event includes a Saturday Friendship Run with Brooks and parkrun, Kids Run distances of 1.5 km and 3 km, and a Runners Festival at Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz.

The Benediktbeurer Kirta-Lauf is a running event held in October, starting at the Alpenwarmbad in Benediktbeuern. It features age-group races, beginning with the youngest participants. The Zwergerl run a 500 m course, followed by U8 children over 500 m and U10 children over 800 m. Older students compete on a 1.2 km course: U12 and U14 complete one lap, and U16 complete two laps. U20 runners and adult women run a 5 km loop, while adult men run the same loop twice for 10 km. The race takes place around the Alpenwarmbad, organized by TSV Benediktbeuern-Bichl.

Olympiaberg-Cross München is a cross-country running event in Munich, Germany, held at Olympia-Park on Martin-Luther-King-Weg. It is usually listed as a late-October race and is tied to the Deutscher Cross Cup, placing it within the competitive athletics sphere rather than the casual trail-fun-run category. The name reflects the setting: the race is based around Olympiaberg, the hill within Munich’s Olympic Park. The event is in its 12th edition and is organized by Förderverein Leichtathletik Events München, with Wolfgang Stengel as the contact person. While a full route description is not provided, the park venue and Crosslauf format suggest short, hard racing on mixed ground rather than a long road course.

The Munich Airport Freisinger Straßenlauf circles Stoibermühlsee, north of Munich Airport, on a closed, asphalted course. This autumn road race in Freising, held in late October, has Munich Airport as its title sponsor. The first edition attracted nearly 300 participants, offering a local feel with competitive depth. Despite a start with heavy rain and wind, the sun appeared before the race, allowing runners to achieve personal bests on the sealed, controlled route. The course turning points are managed by the Freising and Marzling volunteer fire brigades. Wasserwacht Freising provides race-day support including power, parking, and medical services. LC Freising handles the venue and timing. The finish area features moderation, music, an arch, prizes, and vouchers from local businesses. Post-race, participants receive alcohol-free Erdinger, refreshments from REWE Lerchenfeld, and coffee from Junkers Café. The event also supports a community cause, with the first edition including 27 registrations for the Bavarian Bone Marrow Donor Action.

The Germeringer Stadtlauf is a city run held in October in Germering, Bavaria. It offers 5 km and 10 km races for adults, alongside shorter races for children. Young runners can compete in distances of 900 m, 1,200 m, and 2,200 m, making the event suitable for families and local runners aiming for standard road-race distances. SV Germering e.V., via its athletics department, organizes the race with assistance from the Leichtathletik Förderverein SV Germering e.V. The event is also known as the Germeringer CEWE Stadtlauf, acknowledging CEWE's sponsorship. Post-race, results, certificates, and photo galleries are published. The sponsor list is predominantly local, featuring the City of Germering, Stadtwerke Germering, Sparkasse Fürstenfeldbruck, Brauhaus Germering, DocuWare, AOK Bayern, and various Germering businesses.

Teufelsberglauf is an annual cross-country run in Munich, offering 5 km and 10 km distances. It is a club-organized race, distinct from large city marathons, and its name references Teufelsberg, anchoring it locally within Munich's running events. The race is put on by ESV Sportfreunde München-Neuaubing e.V., a multi-sport club with various sections including athletics, football, judo, climbing, tennis, volleyball, and winter sports. Recent years indicate a long-standing event, with the race edition already in the high forties, suggesting more history than its straightforward two-distance format might imply.

Nikolauslauf München opens the Munich Winter Running Series in Olympiapark, with the start on Hans-Jochen-Vogel-Platz and the finish on Coubertinplatz. It is an early-December road running event featuring a 10 km race for runners checking their winter form, a 5 km Fun Run for beginners, and shorter children’s races over 500 m and 1.6 km. The field includes ambitious club-style runners, casual athletes, families, and many people dressed as St. Nicholas. Around 900 runners are expected, giving it the feel of a local winter race. The 5 km lap starts in the middle of Olympiapark, passes BMW Welt and Sea Life, runs along the Olympic Mountain toward the Olympic Stadium area, goes by the SAP Garden Arena, and includes a loop over the Tollwood festival grounds before returning to Coubertinplatz. St. Nicholas himself is present at the event, matching the costume tradition and the December timing. Pre-registered runners receive a souvenir gift, and the finish area maintains the seasonal mood with Xenofit drinks, Erdinger alcohol-free beer, and a traditional buffet with gingerbread and stollen. Start documents are collected at the Olympic swimming hall while stadium construction affects the usual setup, and timing is handled by SAS Timing Systems.

The MRRC Silvesterlauf München guides runners through Munich’s Olympiapark on New Year’s Eve. The Kleine Olympiahalle serves as the central point for bib collection, awards, the start, and the finish. This event, organized by the Munich RoadRunners Club, is a community race day featuring multiple distances. The program includes a 500-meter children’s race, a two-kilometer school race, a five-kilometer run, and a ten-kilometer road and fun run. The ten-kilometer race is officially measured, allowing serious runners to use it for rankings. The event can accommodate up to 4,000 participants, with previous editions selling out around 3,000 entries. The course is contained within the winter Olympiapark, with the start and finish located near the Kleine Olympiahalle. Munich clubs and running communities compete in the Munich Community Clash Championship, where the fastest three ten-kilometer runners from each team are ranked by their combined net time. The event includes local traditions: Feldmoching cannon shooters start the races, Peter Maisenbacher and Maresa Bredl host the day, and all finishers get the Silvesterlauf mug, which can be filled with tea or water post-race. A commemorative medal and anniversary shirt are also available to order around the event's fortieth edition.