Trans Europe Foot Race

The Trans Europe Foot Race is a multiday long-distance ultramarathon that consists of running across Europe.

2003 race
The 2003 Trans Europe Foot Race was organized by Ingo Schultze. It ran from Lisbon to Moscow in 64 days and covered approximately 5100 km. Out of 44 starters, there were 22 finishers including one wheelchair athlete, with Mariko Sakamoto the only woman to finish. The event was won by Robert Wimmer from Germany.

2009 race
The 2009 Trans Europe Foot Race was also organized by Ingo Schultze. The route started in Bari, Italy and finished in North Cape, Norway. It mostly avoided big cities and passed for example Foggia, Fano, Schlanders, Seeg, Waldkappel before using the ferry Kiel-Gothenburg, and then passing for example Kristinehamn, Sveg, Storuman, Jokkmokk, Enontekiö, and Alta. Again this was a 64-day race. The total distance was 4485 km. The race began on April 19, 2009 and ended on June 21, 2009.

The male winner was Rainer Koch from Germany with a running time of 378 hours and 12 minutes. The female winner was Takako Furuyama from Japan, with a running time of 529 hours and 6 minutes. 45 runners finished the race.

List of competitors for 2009 race
From Germany: From Finland: From France: From Japan: From Korea: From Netherlands: From Norway: From Sweden: From Switzerland: From Taiwan: From Turkey: From USA:
 * Hermann Böhm (Weiherhammer)
 * Hans Damm (Neu-Isenburg)
 * Sigrid Eichner (Berlin) Female
 * Dagmar Großheim (Gräfenberg) Female
 * Joachim Hauser (Dettenhausen)
 * Martina Hausmann (Würzburg) Female
 * Marcel Heinig (Cottbus)
 * Achim Heukemes (Gräfenberg)
 * Richard Hofbauer (Rosenheim)
 * Theo Huhnholt (Waldkraiburg)
 * Heinz Jäckel (Hennef)
 * Rainer Koch (Dettelbach)
 * Jörg Koenig (Stade)
 * Klaus Neumann (Stuttgart)
 * Heike Pawzik (Rostock) Female
 * Hans-Jürgen Schlotter (Horb-Bittelbronn)
 * Werner Selch (Amberg)
 * Elke Streicher (Gerlingen) Female
 * René Strosny (Filderstadt)
 * Bernd Wagner (Duisburg)
 * Klaus Wanner (Holzgerlingen)
 * Robert Wimmer (Nürnberg / Bayern)
 * Tom Wolter-Roessler (Ulm-Böfingen)
 * Ullrich Zach (Rödental)
 * Jürgen Zuth (Siegelsbach)
 * Janne Kankaansyrjä (Järvenpää)
 * Gèrard Denis (Fouesnant)
 * Jean-Herve Duchesne (Saint-Germain)
 * Alain Lemarchand (Neuric sur I'Isle)
 * Christophe Midelet (Gizy / Aisne)
 * Stephane Pelissier (Lanta)
 * Fabrice Viaud (Rezè)
 * Roger Warenghem (Le Touvet)
 * Kenji Hara (Utsunomiya, Tochigi)
 * Kazuhiko Horiguchi (Kitakata, Fukushima)
 * Kazuko Kaihata (Kurashiki, Okayama) Female
 * Yasuo Kanai (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
 * Saeko Kishimoto (Gunma) Female
 * Shoji Konoeda (Osaka)
 * Shigeru Mitsuhashi (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
 * Koji Nakamura (Higashi Yodagawa)
 * Yasumasa Namikoshi (Osaka)
 * Hiroko Okiyama (Fussa, Tokio) Female
 * Takasumi Senoo (Yokohama)
 * Tsuyoshi Sugawara (Hasuda, Saitama)
 * Furuyama Takako (Tokyo) Female
 * Okuno Tomoko (Tokyo) Female
 * Ahn Byeung Sik (Seogwipo)
 * Ria Buiten (Biddinghuize) Female
 * Theo Cloosterman (Veldhoven)
 * Jenni De Groot (Leeuwarden) Female
 * Ubel Dijk (Drachten)
 * Theo Kuijpers (Westerbeek)
 * Jan Nabuurs (Westerbeck)
 * Cor Westhuis (Dalfsen)
 * Eiolf Eivindsen (Mosjøen)
 * Trond Sjavik (Mosjøen)
 * Henry Wehder (Nordre Toten/Nordli)
 * Matthias Bramstång (Halmstad)
 * Andreas Falk (Sollentuna)
 * Markus Bernhard (Thunstetten)
 * Christian Fatton (Noiraigue)
 * Christian Marti (Zürich)
 * Martin Wagen (Biel-Benke)
 * Ching-Hui Chen (Taipei)
 * Mike Friedl (Istanbul)
 * Russell Secker (Austin,Texas)

2012 race
The race was run again in 2012. It went from Skagen, Denmark to Gibraltar, passing e.g. Haderslev, Ahrensburg, Waldkappel, Frankenbach, Valdoie, Bourganeuf, St-Pons-de-Thomieres, Berga, Teruel and Puente Genil. The total distance was 4175 km and the race took 64 days. The male winner was Peter Bartel from Germany with 354:25:21, and the female winner was Ria Buiten from the Netherlands with 504:18:29.

2025 race
In 2025 a new edition of the Transeuropalauf, is being planned. The event is organised by Thomas Dornburg and is 41 stages from Flensburg to San Marino. The route is 2,247 km and is a daily average of 54 km.