Laufvergnügen (Half/10k/5k)

Race distances: 13.1 Miles, 3.1 Miles, 6.2 Miles. Laufvergnügen / Saturday, October 24, 2026 · Washington, DC / Lauf means run. Vergnügen means pleasure. Put them together and you get a race that ends with bratwurst. / / Some races are about your split times. This is not one of them. Laufvergnügen is a German fun run in the truest sense of both words — a real course, a real clock, real awards for the fast folks, and then an Oktoberfest at the finish line that most people would show up for even if there were no running involved. Brats. Warm soft pretzels. Handmade mustard that people ask us about for months afterward. Sauerkraut, fresh buns, a