No Ruhr Marathon 2010

November 12, 2009

The Karstadt Marathon in the Ruhr region that was scheduled for the 19th of September 2010 cannot take place because of financial problems.

The race had to be canceled because the title sponsor Karstadt is involved in the insolvency of the Arcandor AG corporate. Race organisers are planning a smaller marathon event for the year 2010. In 2011 a bigger event might be organised for the whole Ruhr region.

In 2009 the event was won by Kenyan Samson Bungei in a time of 2:09:21. After some 30-40.000 entries were counted in 2004 and 2005, only 10.600 runners competed in the 2009 edition of the marathon.