by deadmin | May 5, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
IAAF has ratified the marathon world record set by Wilson Kipsang of Kenya at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 29 September 2013. Kipsang (31) won in 2:03:23 hrs breaking the previous record of 2:03:38 set by Patrick Makau at the 2011 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Kipsang marked the...
by deadmin | Apr 7, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
No less than 8686 runners were treated to perfect weather conditions at the 12th Zurich Marathon. Unlike last year no new course records were being posted, but the races were not a bit less thrilling. The men’s race was won by 19 year-old newcomer Hayle Lemi from...
by deadmin | Apr 7, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
Comeback at Haspa Marathon Hamburg, Haile Gebrselassie will start the 4th May in Hamburg Hamburg, 4 February 2014. In the first moment there was silence in the press room of the new event-sponsor Hanseatic health insurance (HEK), as athletes Manager Jurrie van der...
by deadmin | Apr 7, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
Kenya’s marathon star Duncan Kibet will make a return to the classic distance in Duesseldorf on 28th April. Organisers of the METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf today confirmed the start of the 34 year-old. Back in 2009 Duncan Kibet won the Rotterdam Marathon with a...
by deadmin | Mar 19, 2014 | Marathon Newsfeed
World-class field headed by sub 2:05 runner Endeshaw Negesse at Marathon Duesseldorf The strongest field in the history of the event will line up for the 12th edition of the Metro Group Marathon Duesseldorf on 27April. Ethiopians Endeshaw Negesse and Selomie Getnet...
by deadmin | Oct 27, 2013 | Marathon Newsfeed
You can always trust an American to come up with a good slogan, especially where Berlin is concerned. Everyone recalls JFK, in the lee of the Wall at the height of the Cold War, roaring, ‘Ich bin Ein Berliner,’ in support of the beleaguered and blockaded citizens....