Legend of Cross Fryheit — Bad Frankenhausen

What racers say

• Stephan Knopf — historical 2026 Expert account ↗

  Stephan Knopf / stknopf.com · 2026

  Stephan enjoys the demanding off-road course, obstacles and atmosphere, praising the organization after his Expert outing. He describes adjusting his effort once a rival opened a gap and having fun despite a busy preceding race schedule.

  Complete signed original narrative and conclusion read, published 3 May 2026 and explicitly identifying Fryheit in Bad Frankenhausen and the nominal 20 km Expert context. Exact raced day and independent distance/elevation measurement are not established from publication or older-course comparisons. He thanks the organizer for a last-minute place; gifted entry is not explicitly confirmed and funding remains unknown. Reported placing is not a score or all-obstacle proof. No medical/training claims, media read or future 2027 assessment adopted; Mühlberg is a different event.

• Jörg — 3 May 2025 Fryheit ten-kilometre club account ↗

  Jörg / Gothaer Bierfassheberverein · 2025

  Jörg enjoys a well-organized but demanding, hilly ten-kilometre outing. He reports heavy rain, slippery sections and long obstacle waits, distinguishing his moving time from the longer time recorded on his certificate.

  Complete original signed club quotation and conclusion read; the title explicitly dates 3 May 2025 and Jörg identifies his 10 km entry. His elevation, waiting-time estimate and finish claim are personal reports, not audited measurements/results or proof of every obstacle. Three companions entered 20 km but have no separate detailed accounts; one containing page counts once. Club affiliation and unknown entry funding/selection independence remain explicit. Attributed slippery-course concerns are not independently established safety findings. No numerical score or unchanged 2027 route inferred; names, ages and placements of companions are not needed.

Event details

Dates

Next listed edition: Sat 1 May 2027

Formats

4 km untimed Family Cross OCR — adult/child participation · 10 km Sprint OCR · 20 km Expert OCR

Place

Schlachtberg / Panorama Museum, Panoramastraße, Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia, Germany

Series

Legend of Cross

• The organizer advertises 1 May 2027 at the Schlachtberg/Panorama Museum in Bad Frankenhausen. Adult 10/20 km and untimed 4 km Family Cross are separate from the 8–14-year-old Junior course. Advertised distances and future occurrence are not independently verified.
• Panoramastraße identifies the start area; Esperstädter Straße and other city parking locations are separate, with shuttles advertised. The linked route map is explicitly a 2026 file and was not read as a confirmed 2027 map. The Mühlberg/Drei Gleichen event has its own venue listing.
• The native review section is explicitly empty. Stephan’s 2026 Expert account and Jörg’s 2025 ten-kilometre account are historical written evidence, preserving invitation/funding limits, changed routes and reported queues. Neither supplies stars or a future-course assessment.

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