Marathon-News

Experience the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon 2025 again

Immerse yourself in the highlights, emotions and spine-tingling moments of this unforgettable race – now available to re-live!   The livestream of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon 2025, with commentary by Martin Grüning (former professional runner—he came second in the 1988 Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2:13:46—now editor-in-chief of Runners World), Urs Weber (editor and ganzen Artikel lesen...

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon results

The results of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon are now available online!   We hope you are satisfied with your performance and proud of your participation in the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Every single runner has reason to be happy and proud. To view your results, simply follow the link to the results page, where you can ganzen Artikel lesen...

Buze Diriba runs sub 2:20 as strong wind ruins hopes for records

Buze Diriba crowned the 42nd edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a sub 2:20:00 despite very strong winds. While any hopes for records were blown away the 31 year-old Ethiopian clocked 2:19:34. Kenyans Magdalyne Masai and Sharon Chelimo followed in second and third with 2:20:23 and 2:20:29 respectively.   There was a surprise winner ganzen Artikel lesen...

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday: Buze Diriba eyes course record at Frankfurt Marathon

The 42nd edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon will once again present a high quality field on the start line on Sunday. The Ethiopian Shura Kitata and Magdalyne Masai from Kenya lead the elite entry of the prominent German race with personal bests of 2:04:09 and 2:18:58 respectively. Masai is the fastest woman ever to compete ganzen Artikel lesen...

The marathon live stream

This year, there will again be live coverage of the race on Sunday at www.frankfurt-marathon.com. Commentators Martin Grüning, Urs Weber and Claudia Dreher will take viewers along the race route. You can look forward to exciting behind-the-scenes insights into the race, facts and figures from the running scene and, of course, fascinating coverage of the ganzen Artikel lesen...

Magdalyne Masai: “Frankfurt is the perfect race for me, I am 100 percent ready“

Magdalyne Masai is the star of the women’s field at the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. With her personal best of 2:18:58 she is the fastest runner ever to appear on the women’s start list in Frankfurt. She demonstrated her outstanding form a month ago at the World Championships marathon in Tokyo which unfortunately ended badly for ganzen Artikel lesen...

Use your race number for your journey with the RMV lines

As part of our ‘Green Marathon’ commitment, we recommend that you use public transport to travel to the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. In this way, we can work together to make our marathon even more environmentally friendly. In cooperation with the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund (RMV), all participants have the opportunity to use public transport free of charge within ganzen Artikel lesen...

Download the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon app presented by T. Rowe Price

Download the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon app presented by T. Rowe Price from your app store. The app works on Apple iPhones running iOS 16 or higher and on Android devices running version 10 or higher. Please update the app to the latest version before the race.   MY FAVOURITES Under ‘My Favourites’, you can compile ganzen Artikel lesen...

Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt: “I am in the Form of my Life“

Magdalyne Masai will run the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon next Sunday. Her late addition to the field was possible because the Kenyan recovered quickly from collapsing in brutal heat during the World Championships’ Marathon in Tokyo last month. For Masai it will be the third Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in a row. In 2024 the 31 year-old ganzen Artikel lesen...

The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon 2025 is fully booked!

The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon has recorded record participation this year: almost 17,000 runners from all over the world have secured their starting places for the marathon distance and are eagerly awaiting the big day on 26 October. This means that the field of participants is fully booked – something that has never happened before in ganzen Artikel lesen...