All Paces Welcome! Every Thursday at 7 p.m. - alternating between Darmstadt and Frankfurt - we run in three to four different pace groups , in which all running levels find their place. Our groups are led by two Aspaltgold Pacers . 

At each meeting point we allow bag drop and after the run there are drinks for everyone . 

Our Pace Groups:

And because we value (more or less) good food and drinks just as much as running, these are at least as important to us. In the end, it's about overcoming your inner demons together - that simply works best in a group. And when there 's a motivating community and a satisfactory performance , pizza, sweets and beer taste even better afterwards. 

Since our launch in January 2024, we have been running every Thursday - alternating between Darmstadt and Frankfurt - in several pace groups ranging from 4, 6, to the " No Pace" group. If that doesn't mean anything to you, no problem: no matter how fast you run, you can keep up, because with us no one reaches the finish line alone! 

We started as an internal running group that managed to motivate itself to go for a run after work, more irregularly than regularly. On January 11, 2024, at our kick-off event in Darmstadt, we opened our initially internal running club to external members in -4 degrees with over 80 runners. Today we are a large, open-hearted Strava community with over 800 followers. 

The popular "Cup da Franco" aka Darmstadt City Run, in which we have been participating since the recent Asphaltgold times, also had a big influence. This running event is named after the prize that was given to all winners when it started in 1978: beer and pizza every day for a year at the Darmstadt restaurant da Franco. To this day, we at Asphaltgold celebrate the idea, but also the annual event at our store on Ludwigsplatz.