Sunset Wattenmeer

Saturday, August 28, 2027 · Hamburg, Germany → St. Peter-Ording, Germany

Official site

Total distance: 251.3km
Legs: 30
Runners per team: 10
Longest leg: 17.8km
Average leg: 8.4km

The course

StartHamburg, GermanyParkplatz St. Pauli Hafenstraße, Hamburg, Germany

FinishSt. Peter-Ording, GermanySeebrücke, St. Peter-Ording, Germany

No elevation profile yet

We don't have a route the organizer has published for this race. Handoff only shows climbs and descents measured along the official route; we never estimate them.

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Leg distancesEasyModerateHard

Leg 15.5 kmEasy
Leg 28.1 kmModerate
Leg 34.9 kmEasy
Leg 49.2 kmModerate
Leg 513.9 kmHard
Leg 611.2 kmHard
Leg 77.4 kmModerate
Leg 86.4 kmModerate

Getting there

The airports closest to the race, and about how far each is by car from the start area and from the finish area.

HAMHamburg · Major30 min from the start area · 1½ hr from the finish areaClosest to both ends
LBCLübeck · Regional1 hr from the start area · 2½ hr from the finish area

The two ends are about 1½ hr apart by road, so plan where each van and car ends up.

Drive times without traffic, rounded, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, on map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Airports from OurAirports.

Race weekend weather

The last 5 race weekends, for a team starting at 7 AM and running 6:13 per km. A guide to what to pack, not a forecast.

Start · Sat 7 AM14°C on average

Parkplatz St. Pauli Hafenstraße, Hamburg, Germany. Between 13 and 17°C over 5 years.

Coldest on course14°C low

The coldest hour, on average. About 9 hours of the run are in the dark.

Finish · Sun 9:01 AM17°C on average

Seebrücke, St. Peter-Ording, Germany. Between 16 and 20°C over 5 years.

Low to high on course, each year

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Daylight across a typical team's 26 hours

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Dark

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Other data sources