The course has many interesting stories to tell:

Read where Franz Kafka was lovesick, where the remains of Rudi Dutschke rests and where Albert Einstein did some research in this entertaining blog.

A short history of the dress rehearsal:

From the green forest to the big city. You can read about how the Berlin Road Race - Die Generalprobe made the big leap into the city centre about a quarter of a century after the BERLIN-MARATHON in this blog.