It was a typical new year\u2019s resolution. Four years ago Benjamin Sch\u00fctz proclaimed to his stunned mates: \u201eI will run a marathon.\u201c It could have been on of these sentences that are easily forgotten with the next day\u2019s hangover. But still in January Benjamin registered for the Frankfurt Marathon – also because his sister lives here. \u201eNothing was really great\u201c at the time in his private and professional life, he remembers. To finish a marathon seemed to him something to accomplish on his own without being dependent on others – just by pure will.<\/p>\n
This year Benjamin will start in Frankfurt for the fifth time in a row. The last Sunday in October has become a fixed date with Germany\u2019s oldest city marathon in his calendar. Once a year a marathon, once a year in Frankfurt. He experienced his first start and his first time crossing the finish line in the Festhalle as liberating. Benjamin still has no training plan by choice. He wants to relive that feeling of 2012, the pride and happiness. \u201eI can do it no matter what happens around me because I want to. I proved this in Frankfurt and that\u2019s why for me there is no other marathon.\u201c<\/p>\n
Most people don\u2019t think that Benjamin, someone who trains when he feels like it and with a weakness for sweets, has already finished four marathon races. But he doesn\u2019t believe in\u00a0 running under pressure. The magic of the marathon would disappear. This August he intends to participate in a thriathlon for the first time. \u201eAfter that\u201c, he says, \u201eI won\u2019t do anything. I know myself.\u201c<\/p>\n
Benjamin will travel to Frankfurt from G\u00f6ppingen, his new home town. On August 1st he\u2019ll start a new job there managing a shop. His girl-friend will join him on October 30th in Frankfurt tackling the 42k for the first time without any goals or high ambitions. \u201eI just want to experience a wonderful day\u201c, he says. Though one goal he has: Getting admitted to the Marathon Club in five years when he will be eligible with ten races in Frankfurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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