10K races near Schweich

The Wadrilltallauf Volkslauf is a community road race in Wadrill, a village in Germany's Saarland. It features 10 km and 5 km races, along with a 2 km children's and school run. The event typically starts in the morning and is held in early October, consistent with recent years. Jugendclub Wadrill e.V. is the organizer of this race, which has been held since 2016 and has at least three previous editions. The organization is straightforward and local: runners can sign up via the organizer's website. Start lists, participant lists, rankings, photos, and reports are posted near the event date, with information also available on its Facebook page.

The IRT-Läufermeeting takes place in Föhren, Rhineland-Palatinate, during early October. All races begin and end on Europa-Allee. The event includes short children's races and a 10k main race, alongside a 5k run, a 5k walking and Nordic walking event, and the 5k Rheinland-Pfalz U16 championship. The 5k course is a flat loop measuring 1.6 miles. The 10k is a flat, multi-lap loop, meaning participants will pass the same section multiple times instead of completing a single long course. The event caters to a wide range of participants: the Bambini run is for ages 2 to 5 over 250 meters, the 1k children's and youth race is for ages 6 to 11, the open 5k is for runners aged 10 and up, and the 10k main race is for those aged 14 and older.

Wurzelweg-Lauf Konz is a running event held in Konz, Rheinland-Pfalz, organized by TG Konz. It begins at the Konz stadium on Hermann-Reinholz-Straße and has taken place annually since 1976. In recent years, it has typically occurred on the first Saturday of November, starting around midday. The event focuses on short cross-country races, not a road marathon, with distances of 10 km, 5 km, 2 km, and 1 km. The event includes races for adults, children, and schools, attracting local club runners, younger participants, and individuals seeking a brief autumn run. Reviewer feedback describes the course as attractive, and the organization receives higher marks than the event overall. Information on results, start lists, photos, and registration is available via the event page and the organizer’s website.

The Int. Martinslauf is an annual community road race in Losheim am See, with the village center and the Losheim reservoir serving as the event setting. It features 2 km, 5 km, and 10 km races, suitable for children, newer runners, and those seeking a standard 10K effort. The routes encircle the reservoir, closely connecting the course to one of the town’s primary outdoor locations. Up to 1,500 runners participate, with registration open until shortly before the start. TV 1929 Losheim e.V. organizes the race as a regular fixture in Saarland running.

The 34th Int. DEULUX-Lauf is a 25 km running event listed in Germany’s laufen.de race calendar. The name signals a German-Luxembourg race identity, and the “Int.” label marks it as an international event rather than a purely local run. The available source does not give the route, start, finish, or field size. What it does show is that the race sits inside the DLV-linked German running calendar system, where events can be searched by distance and, when applicable, filtered for officially measured courses that count for athletics best lists.

The International Wallenborn Brubbellauf is an evening running event in Wallenborn, Germany, starting and finishing at the local sports grounds. Held in November, it features a 10.2 km main race, a 4.08 km Jedermannlauf, a company run for teams from the same workplace, youth races, walking and Nordic walking, and short children's races down to 200 m for the youngest participants. The route winds through the town center of Wallenborn, keeping the event compact and local instead of spreading over a wide road course. Beginners are explicitly welcome, and late entries are accepted on site until shortly before each start. The race program accommodates participants from children to walkers to competitive runners. Main-race podium finishers receive prize money, class winners and other race winners get non-cash prizes, all participants can download an online certificate, and a prize draw follows the main-race awards.

The Bärenfels Heiligabend Marathon is a Christmas Eve running event in Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Rhineland-Palatinate. It offers dedicated runners a race option on that day, featuring an 8.5 km run, a short children’s race, and a marathon consisting of five laps of the same loop. The marathon is listed at approximately 42.5 km with 1,100 meters of climbing. The 8.5 km run has about 220 meters of climbing, indicating that even the single-lap option is not flat or casual. The loop runs primarily through the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park on wide, paved forest paths, with a short asphalt section repeated each lap. It climbs toward the Bärenfels, incorporates part of the Bärenpfad premium hiking trail, and then returns to the finish. In December, rougher trail sections are omitted due to weather. The Bärenfels-Team, largely the Feller family from Birkenfeld, organizes the event in a straightforward manner with robust aid-station support. The event is described as family-friendly, with early starts, fog, cold air, and drizzle contributing to its practical Christmas Eve character rather than a polished big-city marathon atmosphere.

Berlin’s Silvesterlauf sends runners into the Grunewald on New Year’s Eve, with 4 km, 6 km, and 10 km options instead of one fixed distance. It is one of Germany’s largest New Year’s Eve runs, but the mood is closer to a costume party with timing mats than a serious road race. The routes are kept manageable enough for people running in outfits, though the paths over Drachenfliegerberg and Teufelsberg still ask for steady feet, especially on the way down. The 4 km race suits anyone who wants a quick run before the night starts, the 6 km sits in the middle, and the 10 km gives runners the full hill-and-view version before the celebrations. From Teufelsberg, the course gives a wide look over Berlin while the city is still quiet before the evening fireworks. Costumes are part of the point: homemade outfits are encouraged, the best ones win prizes, and every finisher gets a pancake at the finish, treated like a sweet souvenir medal rather than a normal post-race snack.