November 11, 2009
The first leg of the German cross-cup took place in Pforzheim last weekend. The race was also one of the qualification race for the European Cross-Country Championships in Dublin on 13th of December. Germany wants to send 6 complete teams (one in each age category) to the Championships.
In the mens race Sebastian Hallmann and Steffen Uliczka battled at the front for most of the race. Steffen Uliczka, world championships participant in the steeple, had the better finish and is almost set for the team.
The womens race was dominated by Julia Viellehner from the gun. In the finish she was almost 1min ahead of 2nd place Verena Dreier and 3rd place Saskia Janssen.
Lead results were as follows:
Men (10,2K)
1. Uliczka Steffen 1984 GER SG TSV 33:13,9
2. Hallmann Sebastian 1977 GER LG Stadtwerke München 33:33,0
3. Martel Zelalem 1986 GER LG Neckar-Enz 33:58,3
4. Friedrich Richard 1981 GER LG Passau 34:22,0
5. Giehl Ricardo 1985 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34:38,9
6. Hohl Stephan 1980 GER TV Huchenfeld 34:43,9
7. Vehling Falko 1985 GER SG TSV 35:33,4
8. Dreier Tobias 1983 GER LG Sieg 36:05,1
9. Martick Ronny 1984 GER LAZ Leipzig 36:25,3
10. Lenk Christian 1979 GER LG badenova 36:36,3
Women (6,6K)
1. Viellehner Julia 1985 GER LG Passau 29:38,7
2. Dreier Verena 1985 GER LG Sieg 30:24,5
3. Janssen Saskia 1985 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 30:41,1
4. Ulrich Veronika 1968 GER LG Telis Finanz 31:10,3
5. Winkler Tamara 1980 SUI Swiss Athletics 31:31,9
Junior Men (6,6K)
1. Roba-Kinkal Musa 1989 GER TV-Gelnhausen 25:20,5
2. Hahn Alexander 1989 GER TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25:46,3
3. Raabe Johannes 1987 GER LG Hannover 25:54,4
4. Kern Marco 1987 SUI LC Schaffhausen 26:18,1
5. Zermatten Maxime 1989 SUI CA Sion 26:25,3
6. Keiner Sebastian 1989 GER LAC Erfurt 26:57,9
7. Ziob Julian 1989 GER SFD Düsseldorf 26:58,9
8. Lehmann Adrian 1989 SUI LV Langenthal 27:29,7
full results of the race leichtathletik.de
November 10, 2009
Former European Vice-Marathon Champion Luminita Zaituc and US-Runner Michael Smith took the titles in the 3-day trailrunning event in Dortmund.
The race consisted of 3 races with an overall distance of 61km and more than 1.000 vertical meters: a 4,2 Kilometer-Sprint on Friday, the 35 Kilometer-”Ruhrklippentrail” on Saturday and the final “Bittermark-Run” over 19 Kilometers on Sunday.
In the womens field, Luminita Zaituc secured a clear victory in 4:10:59 Stunden, 19 minutes of the US-Girl Caitlin Smith. Smith was one of the favorites for the podium, as she also won the TrainsRockies-Run already. Third place was taken by triathlete Silvia Balbach (4:39:49 h) ahead of Antje Möller (4:43:05 h).
In the mens field there was a lot of action during the three days. TransRockies-Run winner Michael Smith could win the title with a strong last day in 3:39:16h. Only 44 seconds later, Mountainbike professional Carsten Bresser surprisingly took second (3:40:00h). Marathon runner Philipp Nawrocki was another surprise in third place, coming home only 19 seconds behind second place (3:40:19h).
German mountain runner Timo Zeiler and the former 5.000/10.000m specialist Alexander Lubina had no real chance to compete for the win – mainly because of the long race on the second day.
Altogether 300 runners competed in this challenging event.
Lead results were as follows:
overall: 61 km with altitude difference of 970 m in 3 days
Men:
1. Michael Smith (USA) 3:39:16
2. Carsten Bresser (TuS Heltersberg) 3:40:00
3. Philipp Nawrocki (Aachener TG) 3:40:19
4. Stefan Paternoster (Aut) 3:41:22
5. Mussa Hudrog (Aachen) 3:45:32
6. Florian Reichert (Göttingen) 3:46:41
7. Jean-Francois Charlier (Bel) 3:49:39
8. Timo Zeiler (LG Eintracht Frankfurt) 3:51:19
9. Andreas Strasser (Schambach) 3:53:49
10. Christian Dirscherl (MTV Ingolstadt) 3:54:24
…
13. Alexander Lubina (TV Wattenscheid) 3:57:29
14. Martin Schedler (SV Schlau.com Saarbrücken) 3:59:07
Women:
1. Luminita Zaituc (LG Braunschweig) 4:10:59
2. Caitlin Smith (USA) 4:29:55
3. Silvia Balbach (Düsseldorf) 4:39:49
4. Antje Möller (Duisburg) 4:43:05
5. Regine Schlump (München) 4:45:57
6. Carmen Otto (Köln) 4:55:44
7. Uta Doyscher (Dortmund) 4:58:29
8. Christine Gehmacher (Bergen) 5:04:17
full results of the race datasport.com
November 5, 2009
Irina Mikitenko confirmed that she will London Marathon 2010 after winning the race in 2008 and 2009. The 37-year old German won 3 of the 5 marathons in her career – the two victories in London are accompanied by a win in the Berlin Marathon 2008 (with a German record of 2:19:19) and two second-place finishes in her debut Marathon in Berlin 2007 and Chicago 2009.
Irina Mikitenko is also planning to compete in the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona 2010. However, there she wants to run the 10.000m for Germany.
Also Sammy Wanjiru confirmed his participation for the race in the Britisch capital.
The London Marathon 2010 will take place on 25th of April 2010.
October 25, 2009
A great race in Frankfurt today. Perfect weather conditions and several new records.
First of all a new course record of 2:06:14h was set by Gilbert Kirwa – more than one minute faster than the previous best. Last years Frankfurt marathon winner and the previous course record holder Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN) got second (2:06:23). Also 3rd place finisher Wiliam Kiplagat, who is the coach of the 2nd placed Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (2:07:05h) was still under the previous course record of 2:07:21h.
Günther Weidlinger set a new Austrian Marathon Record. With his time of 2:10:47h he took 10th place overall and improved the previous National Record of 2:12:22h (Gerhard Hartmann). Now the Austrian is aiming for the Marathon at next years European Championships in Barcelona.
The fastest German was professional triathlete Steffen Justus with a time of 2:18:44h. After a blasting 1:07:32h halfmarathon-split he had to pay some toll to the early pace but still his time places him in the TOP-10 of this years German Marathon Bests.
The womens race was taken by Kenyan Agnes Kiprop (2:26:57h). In her last competitive marathon Germnan Luminita Zaituc took 10th with a respectable time of 2:35:06h. If the pace would have been more steady, she could have even run faster.
Lead results were as follows:
marathon men:
1 Kirwa, Gilbert (KEN) 02:06:14
2 Cheruiyot, Robert Kiprono (KEN) 02:06:23
3 Kiplagat, William (KEN) 02:07:05
4 Kemboi, Elias Chelimo (KEN) 02:08:15
5 Tafere, Alemayehu (ETH) 02:08:46
6 Kurgat, Sammy (KEN) 02:09:34
7 Kiptoo, Benjamin Kolum (KEN) 02:10:07
8 Kipkemboi, Laban (KEN) 02:10:40
9 Gena, Siraj Amda (ETH) 02:10:41
10 Weidlinger, Günther (AUT) 02:10:47
11 Boit Kipketer, Wilson (KEN) 02:11:07
12 Mbote, Jason (KEN) 02:11:30
13 Wangeci, Antony (KEN) 02:11:47
14 Beyene Zerea, Beraki (ERI) 02:11:55
15 Tarbei, Philemon Kirwa (KEN) 02:11:55
16 Cherono, Fredrick (KEN) 02:12:04
17 Kigen, Wilson (KEN) 02:13:01
18 Geremew, Tadele (ETH) 02:13:11
19 Cheboiboch, Christopher (KEN) 02:13:48
20 Regassa, Dejene (ETH) 02:15:30
21 Kiprotich, John (KEN) 02:15:51
22 Adhanom, Alem (ERI) 02:16:41
23 Sylta, Oystein (NOR) 02:17:42
24 Justus, Steffen (GER) 02:18:44
25 Yano, Edwin (KEN) 02:18:59
26 Ngeno, Isaak Kimutai (KEN) 02:20:56
27 Medhanie, Alexsander (ERI) 02:21:24
28 Rugut, Simon (UGA) 02:21:29
29 Sansar, Elias (GER) 02:21:50
30 Bresser, Carsten (GER) 02:25:00
marathon women:
1 Kiprop, Agnes (KEN) 02:26:57
2 Kimutai, Hellen Jemaiyo (KEN) 02:27:50
3 Jarzynska, Karolina (POL) 02:29:10
4 Dado, Firehiwot (ETH) 02:29:20
5 Drazdauskaite, Rasa (LTU) 02:30:29
6 Rono, Georgina (KEN) 02:31:49
7 Baysa, Atsede (ETH) 02:32:05
8 Cheruiyot, Rose (KEN) 02:32:05
9 Limika, Irene (KEN) 02:33:07
10 Zaituc, Luminita (GER) 02:35:06
11 Woldeselasse, Azalech Masresha (ETH) 02:35:08
12 Nurgalieva, Olesya (RUS) 02:35:24
13 Pichlmaier, Bernadette (GER) 02:35:26
14 Danielsen, Karoline (NOR) 02:37:23
15 Rush, Holly (GBR) 02:37:46
16 Bekele, Alemitu (BEL) 02:41:24
17 Ndunge, Masila (KEN) 02:43:35
18 Heinold, Esther (GER) 02:47:56
19 Johannesson, Jenny (SWE) 02:48:13
20 Ytterstad, Nina Wavik (NOR) 02:56:36
21 Martens, Vera (GER) 02:57:20
22 Dr. Böhler, Viera (GER) 02:57:37
23 Hebding, Marion (GER) 02:59:06
24 Philippi, Ute (GER) 03:00:24
25 Sloots, Petra (NED) 03:00:27
26 Gutbrod, Birgit (GER) 03:00:43
27 Dietrich, Susann (GER) 03:01:08
28 Holly, Sandra (GER) 03:01:41
29 Jobe, Jaana (SWE) 03:02:56
30 Wunderlich, Ines (GER) 03:03:06
full results of the race mikatiming.de
October 23, 2009
The 2009 Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, which will take place on Sunday, 25th of October is going to be broadcasted by German television broadcasting company “Hessischer Rundfunk”.
The live online streaming will take place between 10AM and 2PM german local time (UTC + 1 hour – remember to change your clocks before/summer-time is officially over). The live broadcast should be available worldwide. The coverage can be found on this webpage. (Octoshape-Plug-In is required, but I installed it without problems and it worked well).
The marathonscene.com preview of the 2009 Frankfurt marathon.
October 20, 2009
German middle distance runner Carsten Schlangen is out of the training for the winter season before it even started. The athlete from LG Nord Berlin has to cure a stress fracture in his shinbone.
As it was found out now, Schlangen was already injured when he competed in the IAAF World Championships in Berlin this year. In Berlin he missed the semi-finals with a time of 3:44,00. It seems that he suffered the fracture before the German National Championships in early July. However, at that time his injury was diagnosed as a periostitis.
Until November the 28-year old is not allowed to make any running training and therefore Schlangen is concentrating on the final diploma thesis of his studies in architecture. After that he wants to focus on the preparations for the European Championships in Barcelona 2010.
October 16, 2009
The next Kassel Marathon, that will take place on 16th of May 2010 will have a new course. Until 2009 a 21,1km loop had to be run twice but now will be replaced by one big 42,195km-loop. The new course is based on the old halfmarathon-course, whereas the marathon runners will run several additional extensions.
A lot of marathon runners requested the change to the one-loop course and the fact that there are already more entries at this point of time compared to last years confirms that the new course might upgrade the attractiveness of the race.
The new course is shown here.
October 16, 2009
Defending champion Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot will be back in Frankfurt but will face a very deep field in the 2009 Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon (25th of October 2009). The Kenyan had caused one of the biggest sensations in marathon running in 2008, when he took the Frankfurt race at his debut marathon clocking a superb 2:07:21h. This time still stands as his personal best, but in the meanwhile he confirmed his quality by taking fifth place at this years Boston Marathon in spring. The 21 year-old is one of a number of athletes capable to break the course record, which he set last year with his 2:07:21h.
Cheruiyot will compete against the best ever depth in the history of German city marathon running. No less than 15 athletes with personal bests of sub 2:09h have entered the race. If weather conditions are fine a thrilling race could develop on the fast course through Germany’s financial capital.
Kenyans Benjamin Kiptoo, who had won the Rome Marathon in spring with a personal best of 2:07:17h, Hosea Rotich (PB: 2:07:24h), Jason Mbote (2:07:37h), Joseph Ngolepus (2:07:57h) and William Kiplagat (2:06:50h) are the expected main contenders with PBs of sub 2:08.
Carrying the European hopes in this extraordinary field will be Austrian Günther Weidlinger. The former world class steeple chaser ran his debut marathon in Vienna this April finishing with 2:12:39h and is going for the 22-year old Austrian National Record in the marathon (2:12:22h) again.
German hopes are mainly on Steffen Justus. The professional triathlete already surprised German elite runners by taking second with a fine 1:04:58h in this years German Halfmarathon Championships in spring. Justus won his debut marathon last year in Munich with a clocking of 2:21:38h and took an impressive 5th place in the 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon – ITU World Championship Series.
The women’s field, which had been announced recently, is the strongest in the history of the Frankfurt Marathon as well. Kenyans Rose Cheruiyot (2:25:48) and Agnes Kiprop (2:26:22) are among the pre-race favourites in the women’s race. German Luminita Zaituc will give run her last competitive marathon.
October 15, 2009
Only three weeks after the registration for the Novo Nordisk Gutenberg Marathon Mainz opened, most of the 10.000 places have been taken. However, because the race will include the German Marathon Championships it is still possible to enter the race.
The 11th edition of the Mainz marathon will take place on 9th of May 2010 and will host the German Marathon Championships.
October 13, 2009
German Simret Restle and Kenyan Patrick Kimeli won the “Albstädter Citylauf”.
Kimeli set a new course record of 28:54 min in the 10K road race, also because of the support from his compatriot Charles Maina, who eventually finished second in 28:56 min. Best European was Ukrainian Ivan Babaryka (30:06 min). The best German followed in 32:08 min (8th place, Christoph Lohse).
The womens race saw a German victory as Simret Restle (34:10 min) could hold off Russian Tatjana Vilisova (34:35 min) and Kenyan Gladys Kwambai (34:46 min).
Lead results were as follows:
10K men
1. KIMELI Patrick (KEN) Kenya / Afropromotion 1989 1. MHK 28:54
2. MAINA Charles Kenya / Afropromotion 1982 2. MHK 28:56
3. KIROP Pius Maiyo Kenya / Afropromotion 1990 1. MJA 29:34
4. KIPKOGEI Wislon Kenya / Afropromotion 1983 3. MHK 29:49
5. BABARYKA Ivan Ukraine 1982 4. MHK 30:06
6. MIBEI James Kiprop Kenya / Afropromotion 1976 1. M30 30:19
7. MACHARIA Mark Kenya / Afropromotion 1986 5. MHK 30:43
8. LOHSE Christoph TV Wattenscheid Patronat Schwenk 1983 6. MHK 32:08
9. SPERLICH Martin VfB Friedrichshafen 1988 7. MHK 33:18
10. ZIGANKE Jens VfB Friedrichshafen 1988 8. MHK 33:25
11. FRIEDRICH Simon Rsv Tailfingen 1988 9. MHK 34:42
12. ELBESHAUSEN Mischa Rebi Running Team 1980 10. MHK 5 34:42
13. BROBEIL Pascal Geislingen 1985 11. MHK 36:17
14. DERSCH Maximilian VfB Friedrichshafen 1988 12. MHK 36:21
15. RALL Rüdiger TV Neckargemünd 1963 1. M45 36:33
10K women
1. RESTLE Simret LG Frankfurt Afro Promotion 1975 1. W30 34:10
2. VILISOVA Tatjana Russland 1979 2. W30 34:35
3. KWAMBAI Gladys Kenya / Afropromotion 1983 1. WHK 34:46
4. CHEPKOECH-KIMUTAI Ruth Kenya / Afropromotion 1982 2. WHK 36:01
5. BULTMANN-SCHÜTZ Birte TV Wattenscheid 1974 1. W35 37:27
6. SCHMIDGOELL Gudrun TSV Trochtelfingen 1959 1. W50 37:56
7. KREBS Denise TV Wattenscheid 1987 3. WHK 39:08
8. REISCHMANN Anne VfB Friedrichshafen 1992 1. WJB 40:03
9. HOLZ Ricarda TSV Stetten a.k.M. 1988 4. WHK 40:34
10. MAIER-KLING Isolde ErVolks Team Citylauf / Volksbank 1973 2. W35 42:04
full results of the race your-sports.com
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