When is B2Run Aachen 2027?

Not announced yet (as of 3 October 2026). The last editions took place on 29 April 2025 and 28 April 2026, each opening the B2Run season (source: b2run.de).

How long is the B2Run Aachen course?

About 5 kilometres on a mostly flat loop through the Soers and around the CHIO grounds, finishing in the CHIO show-jumping stadium (source: b2run.de, Aachen course).

Can I do B2Run Aachen as a beginner?

Yes, if you start in time. The course is about 5 km and mostly flat, and walking is allowed in any start block with a Funstarter ticket (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z and course).

How do I get to B2Run Aachen?

Take bus 51 from the Bushof to Eissporthalle/Sportpark Soers, or from the main station take 3A or 13A to Hansemannplatz and change there. By car, head for Krefelder Straße and the public car parks, €5 in 2026 (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z).

How is it different from the Aachener Firmenlauf?

The Aachener Firmenlauf is a separate event by a different organiser, held on 3 July 2026 on Pascalstraße. B2Run Aachen takes place in April at the CHIO grounds (source: aachener-firmenlauf.de; b2run.de).

B2Run Aachen 2027: season opener at CHIO, course, date

B2Run Aachen opens the series every spring: about 5 km through the Soers, finishing in the CHIO show-jumping stadium, with around 3,500 participants in 2026. The 2027 date is still to come – and if you want to start, start in winter.

Daniel Gruber · 4 October 2026 · 6 min read

B2Run Aachen 2027: season opener at CHIO, course, date

B2Run Aachen is the event that opens the B2Run season: on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, the 12th edition around the CHIO grounds kicked off the nationwide series with around 3,500 participants, once again more than the year before (source: b2run.de, Aachen press release 2026). The finish is inside the CHIO show-jumping stadium. The 2027 date is still to come; B2Run had not announced it as of 3 October 2026. Because Aachen is the earliest date in the series, one question matters more here than anywhere else: how do you get from zero to five kilometres over the winter?

Small, early and only two start times

Aachen is not a mass event like the series' big stadium races – which is exactly what makes it pleasant for beginners. Some numbers for context:

	B2Run Aachen 2026
Date	Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Edition	12th
Participants	around 3,500 (2025: around 3,200)
Registered teams	205
Venue	Allianz Park / CHIO grounds, Aachen-Soers
Course	approx. 5 km, mostly flat, finish in the CHIO show-jumping stadium
Start times	6:30 pm (fast runners and start time 1), 6:45 pm (start time 2 and Nordic walkers)
Entry fee 2026	€26.90 / €28.90 / €30.90 plus VAT
2027 date	to be announced (as of 3 October 2026)

(Source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z and Aachen press releases 2025 and 2026)

Two start times instead of nine as in Cologne (source: b2run.de, Cologne A-Z) means a whole company team starts within a quarter of an hour, and nobody waits two hours for the last colleagues. Prices in 2026 were also lower than at the big venues. Spectators get onto the grounds and into the stadium without a fan ticket, and on site you can pay cash, by card or with vouchers (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z). How team captains, team rankings and price tiers work across the series is explained in our B2Run 2027 overview.

The course: Soers, Tivoli, show-jumping stadium

The approx. 5 km loop runs through the Soers area and around the CHIO grounds, including the dressage stadium, the Soers sports park and past the Tivoli football stadium, and finishes in the CHIO show-jumping stadium (source: b2run.de, Aachen course). The organiser describes it as mostly flat. The course page has a downloadable map and a virtual course video.

For beginners it's a good mix: little climbing, short stretches between sections, and the dressage stadium gives you a taste of stadium atmosphere along the way. According to the schedule the first finisher arrives in the stadium around 6:45 pm (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z) – for everyone else the finish stays open until the award ceremony from 7 pm.

From zero to five kilometres by late April

A late-April date means preparation falls into January, February and March. The event was held on 29 April in 2025 and on 28 April in 2026 (source: b2run.de, Aachen press releases 2025 and 2026). Whether it will be late April again in 2027 is not confirmed. Still, count backwards now: if you don't run at all yet, what you need most is time and regularity, not toughness.

January: alternate walking and running. Three times a week for 20 to 30 minutes, for example one minute running, two minutes walking. On lit paths after dark, in daylight at weekends.
February: extend the running. Running intervals get longer, walking breaks shorter. Goal by the end of the month: ten to fifteen minutes non-stop.
March: duration over speed. Twice a week easy, once a bit longer. If you can run 30 minutes without stopping by the end of the month, five kilometres in April will usually feel comfortable.
April: nothing new. The last weeks are about staying fresh. Picture the course and test the shoes and clothes you want to race in.

Walking is explicitly allowed at B2Run: with a Funstarter ticket you may walk in any start block, without poles; Nordic walkers start in the second start time (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z). If you end up walking into the stadium, you belong there just as much.

Winter is hardest alone. It gets easier with a fixed evening when someone is waiting for you – colleagues after work or an open group. Lauftreffs (group runs) and run clubs with weekly meet-ups in the city are listed under running in Aachen. If you want more after B2Run, you'll find other races in the Aachen race calendar and a plan for the next step in our 5 to 10 km training plan.

The Rupperts and the fittest teams

At the front, Aachen is fast. In 2026 Frederik Ruppert (Absolute Teamsport) won in 14:15 minutes, ahead of Lothar Wyrwoll (Trianel GmbH) in 16:14. The women's race went to Nina Ruppert, also Absolute Teamsport, in 18:41 ahead of Jana Echterhoff in 19:14. Both Rupperts had already won in 2025 and improved their times (source: b2run.de, Aachen press releases 2025 and 2026).

In "Die Fittesten" (the fittest), the ranking of the biggest teams, Aachen's numbers are small enough for a mid-sized company to finish at the top:

Category	1st	2nd	3rd
Corporation	Rhein-Maas Klinikum, 124	City of Aachen, 57	Alexianer-Region Aachen/ViaNobis, 39
Company	LANCOM Systems, 69	PROVINZIAL Regionaldirektion Aachen, 66	Trianel GmbH, 62
Small business	SCHAAF GmbH & Co. KG, 27	ConSense GmbH, 25	Wickey GmbH & Co. KG, 25

(Source: b2run.de, Aachen press release 2026)

27 people were enough to win the small-business ranking in 2026, 69 the company ranking. Rhein-Maas Klinikum also fielded the biggest charity team with 124 charity starters; 276 people started as charity starters in total (source: b2run.de, Aachen fittest teams 2026).

Two corporate runs in Aachen

Besides B2Run, Aachen has a second big corporate run. The Aachener Firmenlauf (Aachen company run) is a separate event with its own organiser and took place on Friday, 3 July 2026, on Pascalstraße (source: aachener-firmenlauf.de). B2Run opens the season in April at the CHIO grounds; the Aachener Firmenlauf is in summer.

Getting there and on site

Bus: from the Bushof bus station take line 51 to Eissporthalle/Sportpark Soers. From the main station take 3A or 13A to Hansemannplatz, then line 51 or 151 to Eissporthalle/Sportpark Soers.
Car: enter "Krefelder Straße" in your sat nav, then follow signs to the public car parks; from the A4 motorway take the Aachen-Zentrum exit. Parking cost €5 in 2026.
Changing and bag drop: changing rooms in stables 11 and 12, free bag drop in stable 1 on the CHIO grounds.
Race packs: in 2026 on 21 and 22 April at the ALRV office in Allianz Park.

(Source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z)

After the finish the evening continued in 2026 with a live DJ at the get-together in the B2Run Village (source: b2run.de, Aachen press release 2026). And if the April season opener gives you a taste for the big finale in NRW: B2Run Cologne in the RheinEnergieSTADION took place in September in 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

When is B2Run Aachen 2027?: Not announced yet (as of 3 October 2026). The last editions took place on 29 April 2025 and 28 April 2026, each opening the B2Run season (source: b2run.de).
How long is the B2Run Aachen course?: About 5 kilometres on a mostly flat loop through the Soers and around the CHIO grounds, finishing in the CHIO show-jumping stadium (source: b2run.de, Aachen course).
Can I do B2Run Aachen as a beginner?: Yes, if you start in time. The course is about 5 km and mostly flat, and walking is allowed in any start block with a Funstarter ticket (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z and course).
How do I get to B2Run Aachen?: Take bus 51 from the Bushof to Eissporthalle/Sportpark Soers, or from the main station take 3A or 13A to Hansemannplatz and change there. By car, head for Krefelder Straße and the public car parks, €5 in 2026 (source: b2run.de, Aachen A-Z).
How is it different from the Aachener Firmenlauf?: The Aachener Firmenlauf is a separate event by a different organiser, held on 3 July 2026 on Pascalstraße. B2Run Aachen takes place in April at the CHIO grounds (source: aachener-firmenlauf.de; b2run.de).