Jena, 18.05.2026 – The 15th Jenaer Firmenlauf reports a new participation record and is completely booked out. On Tuesday evening, 3,600 runners from over 200 companies will take to the course through the Paradiespark.
- Event: 15th Jenaer Firmenlauf
- Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
- Start time: 7:00 PM
- Location: Start at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, route through the Paradiespark (approx. 5 km)
- Participants: 3,600 (sold out)
Record participation from business and science
The response to the regional economy’s sporting event is particularly high this year. With 3,600 registrations, the corporate run has reached a new record high. The list of participants reads like a cross-section of Jenaer institutions. The largest contingents this year are provided by the Stadtverwaltung Jena with 191 registrations, followed closely by the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität (167) and the Universitätsklinikum Jena (152).
The city’s major technology and utility companies are also mobilizing their workforces on a large scale: Stadtwerke Jena GmbH (150) and JENOPTIK AG (108) are sending triple-digit team sizes into the race. The field of the largest teams is completed by the social enterprise Förster (101), Medipolis (90), TEAG Thüringer Energie (70), the Diakoniestiftung Thüringen (65), and the Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie (Leibniz-HKI) with 50 participants.
New scoring system and supporting program
A premiere in 2026 is the introduction of a so-called relative team ranking. In this mode, participation is set in relation to the total size of the respective company. This allows even smaller businesses to compete fairly for the top positions.
Around the run, AOK PLUS is presenting itself as a health partner for the first time this year, offering a supporting program focusing on movement and regeneration. The proven cooperation with the blood donation center of the Universitätsklinikum Jena will also be continued.
The approximately five-kilometer-long running route traditionally leads through the Jenaer Paradiespark, the city’s central green lung, which directly borders the Saale and serves as a local recreation area for thousands of people. The Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, as the start and finish area, looks back on over a hundred years of sporting history as the home of FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
Major events like the corporate run are not only of great importance for corporate health management but also massively strengthen networking within the Jena science and business location. Residents and park visitors should expect a very high volume of pedestrians and temporary restrictions on cycle paths and footpaths in the area of the Volkspark Oberaue (Paradies) on Tuesday evening.
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Corporate run sold out: 3,600 participants at the start
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