Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday: Elisha Rotich and Yeshi Chekole head strong elite fields in Frankfurt

It is a launch on my favorites, the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon.

I visited this excellent German metropolis and marathon for nearly a decade, courtesy of meet administration.

I liked the race! The expo and race gave me a yearly replace on the well being of German street racing. The expo was fairly enjoyable.

German street working was a glance again at US street working within the Seventies when runners have been a bit extra extreme and would race wherever.

Germany and France have many path races with many elevation adjustments. I additionally loved seeing some manufacturers nonetheless needing a presence in North America.

The presser was at all times enjoyable. There could be some German athletes and an opportunity to interview Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes by way of translators.

The race, by the traditional streets of previous Frankfurt (courting again to the Center Ages), takes runners by the monetary capital of Europe. I loved watching the race, masking the occasion, and watching finishers from outdoors the Movenpick Lodge.

I’ll miss seeing my previous German pals and the numerous great race volunteers this 12 months. If you wish to race a marathon in Germany, please take into account the Frankfurt Marathon.

Because the race returns to vitality after the pandemic, the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon is constructing its numbers once more and will have a unbelievable race. RunBlogRun will present protection on Sunday, October 27, 2024.

Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday:

Elisha Rotich and Yeshi Chekole head robust elite fields in Frankfurt

Elisha Rotich of Kenya and Ethiopia’s Yeshi Chekole head the elite discipline of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon subsequent Sunday. Rotich has a private greatest of two:04:21, whereas Chekole’s document stands at 2:21:17. Greater than 14,000 marathon runners have entered the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, a World Athletics Elite Label Street Race.

Quite a few athletes needed to cancel their begins lately resulting from harm or visa issues. Amongst them are Ethiopians Herpasa Negasa and Tigist Abayechew and Kenyan Eric Kiptanui. The lads’s begin record now options 4 runners with private bests of sub 2:07:00 and one other ten who’ve run beneath 2:10:00.

Whereas the main males will in all probability run at a 2:05 tempo, and organizers hope {that a} profitable time barely beneath that mark could be attainable, the ladies might produce the spotlight on the forty first version of Germany’s oldest metropolis marathon. They’re anticipated to assault Valary Aiyabei’s course document. The Kenyan ran 2:19:10 in 2019. 5 girls entered the race, that includes private bests of sub 2:23:00. Ethiopia’s Hawi Feiysa might need accomplished very nicely. She presently has a PB of two:23:36. However her half marathon time of 65:41 means that she ought to be capable of run a lot quicker. Moreover, Hawi Feiysa ran an excellent race on the World Cross Nation Championships in Bathurst, Australia, final 12 months when she positioned sixth.

Tom Thurley and Laura Hottenrott lead the home problem in Frankfurt. Thurley was second on this 12 months’s nationwide championships with 2:14:52, and Hottenrott ran 2:24:32 in Valencia a 12 months in the past. She competed within the Olympic marathon in Paris and completed thirty eighth.

Elite runners with private bests

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Elisha Rotich KEN 2:04:21

Lencho Tesfaye ETH 2:06:18

Aychew Bantie ETH 2:06:23

Birhan Nebebew ETH 2:06:52

Gossa Challa ETH 2:07:43

Workneh Serbessa ETH 2:07:58

Abdelaziz Merzougui ESP 2:08:00

Gerba Dibaba ETH 2:08:25

Jake Robertson NZL 2:08:26

Belay Bezabeh ETH 2:08:58