An evening of hard work and lots of fun—Steinmühle is participating in the 24th Marburg Night Marathon

Students, teachers, boarding school staff, and even four alumni—with twelve relay teams and one half-marathon finisher, a total of 49 runners competed for Steinmühle. This made Steinmühle the largest group of runners at the 24th Marburg Night Marathon. But once again this year, organizers Patric Hahn and Björn Gemmer weren’t focused on setting records—neither in terms of the number of participants nor in terms of finishing times. The relay teams were a diverse mix, and the focus was on camaraderie. Waiting for one another at the relay handoffs or in the university stadium, cheering each other on, and “pushing each other to the limit” were defining moments of this wonderful shared experience among the various groups within the school and boarding school community. Principal Björn Gemmer reports: “We first entered Steinmühle relay teams in 2014. So, after the two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, this year marked Steinmühle’s eighth participation. I was particularly pleased to meet many former Steinmühle students at the starting line and in the university stadium who had organized their participation on their own. Some of them told me that they have such fond memories of the event from their time at Steinmühle that they now run in it every year. It seems we’ve started something worthwhile.”