Running-News
27. October 2018
England Athletics Quartet aim to flourish at Mainova Frankfurt Marathon
The race beside the River Main has proved a successful hunting ground for British runners in recent years and the England Team of Dani Nimmock, Aaron Scott, Matt Sharp and Steven Bayton are keen to exploit Frankfurt’s reputation as a fast course with favourable weather conditions on Sunday. The precedents are highly encouraging: a ganzen Artikel lesen...
30. October 2017
Welsh Hills breed tough stock as Dewi Griffiths impresses in Frankfurt Marathon
After running the fastest marathon by a Briton in three years with 2:09:49 for fifth place in Frankfurt – and on his debut at the distance – Dewi Griffiths laughs when asked if his running and lifestyle is a “throwback” to the 1980s, an era when British men and Europeans in general had considerably greater ganzen Artikel lesen...
29. October 2017
Shura Kitata Tola and Vivian Cheruiyot take Frankfurt Marathon titles, sub 2:10 debut for Welshman Dewi Griffiths
Shura Kitata Tola of Ethiopia and Kenya’s Vivian Cheryuiot won the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. Kitata chopped almost two minutes off his personal best in difficult conditions while Cheruiyot, the reigning Olympic 5,000m champion but now concentrating on road racing, improved her best for the marathon to 2:23:35 ganzen Artikel lesen...
Shure Kitata Tola and Vivian Cheruiyot take Frankfurt, sub 2:10 debut for Dewi Griffiths
Ethiopian Shure Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheryuiot took the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. There were strong results by European men, headed by Britain’s Dewi Griffiths who produced a 2:09:49 finish for fifth place in his debut. In difficult conditions with some strong wind Shure Kitata Tola produced an impressive time of ganzen Artikel lesen...
27. October 2017
Frankfurt Marathon plans to turn up the heat
The Mainova Frankfurt Marathon has been a springboard for a number of promising marathon runners in the past. The most prominent example is Wilson Kipsang, who won in Frankfurt with 2:04:57 in 2010 and then returned a year later, missing the world record by only four seconds and his time 2:03:42 remains the course record ganzen Artikel lesen...
31. October 2016
Fate Tola has good reason to be cheerful after winning German title in Mainova Frankfurt Marathon
After Fate Tola had closed the gap on the eventual women’s winner, Ethiopia’s Mamitu Daska, to just 15 seconds at the finish in Frankfurt’s Festhalle, she was asked if she might have made up the difference on another day. “Oh yes,” came the swift reply, accompanied by a beaming smile from the woman who had ganzen Artikel lesen...
Mark Korir wins three-way Kenyan contest, Mamitu Daska just holds off Fate Tola’s late surge
Mark Korir won a three-way Kenyan contest and took the 35th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a time of 2:06:48. The 28 year-old beat fellow Kenyans Martin Kosgey and Cybrian Kotut who ran 2:07:22 and 2:07:28 respectively. Bobby Curtis of the USA took a surprise fourth place, equalling his personal best with 2:11:20 ganzen Artikel lesen...
30. October 2016
Podcast: Interviews with Mark Korir, Martin Kosgey and Cybrian Kotut
Podcast: Interview with the Winner Of the 35th Mainova Frankfurt Marathon Mark Korir Frankfurt champion Mark Korir explains why this race is so popular with the Kenyans. Mark Korir pressed the accelerator at 35 km to crown his success in the Festhalle, Later he explained why this race is so attractive for him and his compatriots. [audio ganzen Artikel lesen...
Mamitu Daska wins the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with 2:25:27
Top-5 Women 1. Mamitu Daska (ETH) 2:25:27 2. Fate Tola (GER) 2:25:42) 3. Sarah Jebet (KEN) 2:27:07 4. Lindsay Flanagan (USA) 2:29:28 5. Charlotte Purdue (GBR) 2:30:04 Mamitu Daska just holds off Fate Tola Mamitu Daska took Frankfurt for the second time after winning in 2011. For periods of the race the 33 year-old ganzen Artikel lesen...
Mark Korir wins the 35th Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in 2:06:48!
Top-5 Man 1. Mark Korir (KEN) 2:06:48 2. Martyn Kosgei (KEN) 2:07:22 3. Cybrian Kotut (KEN) 2:07:28 4. Mark Curtis (USA) 2:11:20 5. Tadesse Tola (ETH) 2:11:52 Mark Korir wins three-way Kenyan contest Mark Korir won a three-way Kenyan contest and took the 35th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a time of ganzen Artikel lesen...
