Overview
- Organizers expect about 60,000 participants from more than 2,000 companies to run the 5.6 kilometre course that starts at 19:00 on Wednesday.
- Runners will begin from two sites — Hochstraße at the Alte Oper and Börsenstraße at Goetheplatz — and finish at the Senckenberganlage on the city‑centre route.
- City authorities have imposed phased central‑area street closures from early afternoon and will restrict or suspend several bus lines including M32, M36, 50, 64 and 75 while S‑ and U‑Bahn services run with higher capacity and tighter frequency.
- The event again channels entry fees to charities such as Deutsche Behindertensportjugend and Laureus Sports for Good with Fredi Bobic among the finish‑line ambassadors.
- Longstanding criticism of J.P. Morgan’s fossil‑fuel financing persists after a visible 2023 protest and has led some companies to skip this year’s run, while municipal support and thousands of volunteers enable the large turnout and create extended traffic and local access effects through the evening.