BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023: The Finisher Magazine
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
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only train, eat, sleep and rest.<br />
That‘s usually different in<br />
high-altitude training camps.<br />
In St. Moritz in Switzerland or<br />
in Flagstaff in the US, you lose<br />
four hours a day to shopping,<br />
cooking, meeting friends, organising<br />
training partners.<br />
And four hours a day is a lot in<br />
marathon preparation when<br />
you run 210 to 215 kilometres<br />
every week and need the appropriate<br />
rest in between.<br />
Full focus on<br />
training in Kenya<br />
In Kenya it‘s completely different.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is none of that,<br />
and you can focus completely<br />
on training. We have a hotel<br />
for meals. <strong>The</strong> training track<br />
and the training partners are<br />
never more than 400 metres<br />
away. You just go to the meeting<br />
point, see which group<br />
you want to train with and get<br />
started.<br />
We communicate a lot and always<br />
find solutions to harmonise<br />
the training in the group<br />
with the individual plans. As<br />
far as my personal training<br />
is concerned, I still coordinate<br />
all my training with my<br />
former Wattenscheid coach,<br />
Tono Kirschbaum. On site, Renato<br />
Canova controls the training<br />
of my group, but Tono<br />
looks at the plans and checks<br />
everything. If he finds something<br />
that doesn‘t seem right,<br />
it is corrected.<br />
Speed and strength<br />
still have room for<br />
improvement<br />
Even though I achieved a great<br />
race in Berlin and am currently<br />
number 13 in the world,<br />
there are still areas I have to<br />
»<br />
I also want to break the<br />
German record over 10,000<br />
metres on the track.“<br />
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