SAS Heidelberg Half Marathon

The history of the Heidelberg half-marathon would have been the other way around, and that is literally meant. When the first idea for a race track in and around the city on the Neckar were discussed in 1981, it was said: From the start, it should go up to the castle. The first poisonous incline, therefore, on the first few kilometers; hardly a runner would have been able to enjoy the landmark of Heidelberg and the view from above on the river landscape. Christian Kaehler, who was then part of the planning group, was looking for alternative routes and finally found the 21.1 km round, which still exists today: from the old town via the Neckar to the Philosophenweg, to Ziegelhausen and Schlierbach and only then up to the Lock. Anyone who passes Pulverturm and Schlosshof, towards the end of the run.