{"id":142571,"date":"2017-10-27T17:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deploy.frankfurt-marathon.com\/?p=142571"},"modified":"2017-10-27T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:43:03","slug":"frankfurt-marathon-plans-to-turn-up-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankfurt-marathon.com\/en\/frankfurt-marathon-plans-to-turn-up-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankfurt Marathon plans to turn up the heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]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 to this day. Two years later Kipsang broke the world record in Berlin. Back in 2008 Robert K. Cheruiyot came to Frankfurt to run his first race outside Kenya. He broke the course record with 2:07:21 and then won the Boston Marathon with a course record of 2:05:52 in 2010. \u201cThe Mainova Frankfurt Marathon is an immersion heater for elite athletes,\u201d said Race Director Jo Schindler during a press conference before the 36th edition on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cHopefully the next runner to take a major step in her marathon career here in Frankfurt is Vivian Cheruiyot,\u201d<\/h2>\n

said Jo Schindler.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, the Kenyan Olympic 5,000 m champion might be the one who could turn up the heat in the marathon market after Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

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The presence of Vivian Cheruiyot brings a superstar of world sport to the start line. The 34-year-old Kenyan was voted World Sportswoman of the Year in 2011 (Laureus Award). At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea she won both the 5 and 10,000m titles. In all she has won five world titles including the 2011 World Cross Country, crowning her track career with Olympic gold at 5,000m in Rio in 2016.<\/p>\n

She will be the most successful woman runner and first Olympic champion ever to stand on the start line of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, having made her marathon debut with 2:23:50 for fourth place in London this April. \u201cI\u2019ll run hard and want to improve my personal best,\u201d she said. The plan is to go through halfway in 70:00 which would be on course for a finishing time of 2:20. That would certainly put the course record of 2:21:01 under pressure, set by the Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu five years ago.<\/p>\n

Extra incentive has been provided by a bonus of 30,000 Euro on offer from the Frankfurt Messe for breaking either course record. \u201cI expect we\u2019ll be paying out on that bonus. The aim is a new course record for the women,\u201d explained elite race coordinator Christoph Kopp.<\/p>\n

However Vivian Cheruiyot is just one of a number of athletes capable to win on Sunday. There are five runners on the start list who feature faster marathon times than the Olympic Champion. Ethiopia\u2019s Feyse Tadese is the fastest in the women\u2019s field with a time of 2:20:27. \u201cI will go with the first group,\u201c she said. \u201cAnd of course it is my aim to win the race.\u201c<\/p>\n

While she is not among the favourites, another one to watch is Sara Hall. The US runner improved to 2:28:26 in Tokyo last February. This was the first time she broke 2:30 and now she hopes to make another big step. \u201cIt is my goal to lower my personal best. My aim is to go for 2:25,\u201c said Sara Hall.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s Fate Tola is planning a similar pace. \u201cI am well prepared and intend to run the first half in 73 minutes. After that I will see what is possible. It might depend on the weather as well since the forecast is for windy conditions,\u201c said Fate Tola, who is also the favourite in the German Championships\u2019 race, which is included in the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon.<\/p>\n

While much of the focus is on the women\u2019s race the \u201cimmersion heater\u201c may well be switched on in the men\u2019s race as well. Defending champion Mark Korir will once again battle with the runner-up from 2016, fellow-Kenyan Martin Kosgey. \u201cI have trained well and I hope to break my personal best on Sunday,\u201c said Mark Korir, who clocked 2:05:49 when he won in Paris two years ago. Last year he ran 2:06:48 to take Frankfurt. \u201cMay be even a 2:04 time is possible,\u201c said Korir. The only one in the field who has run such a time is Ethiopia\u2019s Getu Feleke. He ran 2:04:50 in Rotterdam in 2012. Additionally Feleke produced course records in Amsterdam in 2010 (2:05:44) and Wien in 2014 (2:05:41). He had health problems in the past, but is optimistic for Sunday: \u201cI am in fine form and want to win the race. If the weather is fine a personal best becomes a goal.\u201c<\/p>\n

Arne Gabius returns to the scene of his German record two years ago, having already celebrated a family achievement. His wife Anne gave birth to their first child on Thursday evening and their son Frederik Bosse is going to have plenty to talk about in years to come. His father broke the news via video and will be running on Sunday although arriving somewhat later than planned. \u201cArne can now relax and run well, I\u2019m sure of that,\u201d said the race director Jo Schindler. Two years ago Gabius broke the national record with 2:08:33 but since then has been troubled by injury although his form has been on an upward curve recently.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”142574″ img_size=”medium”][vc_column_text]Please Note: You may use the attached photo, including Sara Hall and Vivian Cheruiyot (2nd and 3rd from left), Mark Korir, Feyse Tadese (3rd and 2nd from right) and Getu Feleke (right), only online and in conjunction with this press release with the following credit: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Selected elite athletes with personal bests<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Men:<\/strong>
\nGetu Feleke ETH 2:04:50
\nMark Korir KEN 2:05:49
\nMartin Kosgey KEN 2:07:22
\nShure Kitata Tola ETH 2:07:28
\nKelkile Gezahegn ETH 2:07:29
\nHenryk Szost POL 2:07:39
\nArne Gabius GER 2:08:33
\nMark Lokwanamoi KEN 2:08:39
\nAfewerk Mesfin ETH 2:09:49
\nRaymond Chemungor KEN 2:10:06
\nJared Shegumo POL 2:10:34
\nAbdelhadi El Hachimi BEL 2:10:35
\nWilliam Ngelel KEN 2:10:50
\nArtur Kozlowski POL 2:10:58[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]Women:<\/strong>
\nFeyse Tadese ETH 2:20:27
\nYebrgual Melese ETH 2:22:51
\nMerima Mohammed BRN 2:23:06
\nGuteni Shone ETH 2:23:32
\nAbebech Afework ETH 2:23:33
\nVivian Cheruiyot KEN 2:23:50
\nMeskerem Assefa ETH 2:24:18
\nFate Tola GER 2:25:14
\nSara Hall USA 2:28:26
\nKatharina Heinig GER 2:28:34[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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