Kirchdorf athletes sweat while walking down in Wennigsen!

Kirchdorf athletes sweat while walking down in Wennigsen!

In summer temperatures of over 30 degrees, the 17th Wennigser evening run took place in Wennigsen on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Despite the heat, the Kirchdorf athletes were in large numbers. Around 30 athletes took part in the various competitions and showed that they can sweat properly under such conditions. The event began with the traditional Bambini run for kindergarten children, which was held over 600 meters at 5 p.m.

This afternoon Annika Reichert managed to become the best Kirchdorf woman in the Bambini run, she achieved an impressive 14th place among 135 children with a time of 3:13 minutes. The other participants included Jove, Mailo, Justus, Marieke, Elisa, Emil, Lene and Lina, who also did their best.

reasons to celebrate

The event also offered an excellent opportunity for the elementary school students to measure themselves with their peers. In the primary school inner run over 900 meters, Ida Schirm impressed with her 4th place of 85 starters and a time of 4:07 minutes. In doing so, she also secured a podium as the third in the WU10. Greta Meeßen, Linda Reichert, Johanna Jank and Ida Kauth followed in the ranks and showed that the training of the young athletes in the Kirchdorf rows.

But the Kirchdorf athletes were not only successful in the banana run. The elementary school run brought several medals home. Marlon Schulz, as the fastest in the 5.5 km school run, secured first place out of 67 starters with a time of 3:45 minutes.

adults under pressure

The adults were of course also at the start. In the 2.5 km student race, Eleni Wallraven finished the run with a time of 13:25 minutes and was 5th in the WU12, while Theo Thomae finished his age group with a time of 12:42 minutes as 9th. The ex-coach Bjarne, now starting for Hannover 96, was able to achieve a strong 3rd place with a time of 17:16 minutes in the MJU23.

Also on the distances of 5 and 10 kilometers were shown impressive performance. Thomas Jank was 3rd in the M40 class with 21:09 minutes over 5 kilometers, and Simon Gravina took 5th place in the M45 with 48:18 minutes above the 10 kilometer distance.

The next event that is already in the starting blocks is the Ladelauf for 2026, where the goal should be more than 30 starters. Further information about the events of this kind can be found on the website of Edeka-Ladage. It is also explained here that there are around 3,000 running events for children in Germany who offer a wide variety of distances- from bambini runs to school and youth competitions.