Grand 10 Berlin: Wolfram Müller on the way back; Jan Kreisinger and Joan Aiyabei take victories

October 13, 2009

In alight drizzle Czech Jan Kreisinger (29:46 min) on the mens side and Kenyan Joan Aiyabei (33:48 min) on the womens side were the fastest in last Sundays 2nd edition of the Asics Grand 10 Berlin. Wolfram Müller was the best German as he placed 3rd in the mens category with 30:26 min.

Mens race
Faustin Musa (TAN) and Jan Kreisinger (CZE) went through 5K in 14:59min and ran side-by-side for most of the race. Surprisingly the Czech went away from his competitor just before km9 and could secure a win with a 13-seconds margin. As Kreisinger announced he benefited from the rather cold conditions and wants to qualify for the 5.000m in next years European Championships. Wolfram Müller held off his German opponents and stated afterwards: “For me as a middle distance runner this, this time is surprisingly well for the autumn season. Müller missed this years home World Championships in Berlin due to an thigh-injury after placing 4th in the 2009 European Indoor Championships. Next year wants to reach the 1.500m final in the European Championships.
Second German was Marc Schulze (30:51 min), who confirmed his PB of 30:23 he clocked when placing 13th in the German 10K Road Running Championships.
Falk Cierpinski disappointed with a time of 32:16 min (7th place) but after 1 month off-training he stated that his legs were not able to follow the top runners. Positive for him was, that he was not hindered by stitches that hampered his performance in the World Championships Marathon 2009 and several other competitions this year.
Dieter Baumann showed that – despite his age of 44years – he is still in shape. The 1992 Olympic Champion in the 5.000m ran a 32:56min for 9th place after he performed as a cabaret artist the night before the race.

Womens race
While the course record was missed in the mens 10K, Kenyan Joan Aiyabei smashed the record in the womens category. The 30-year old improved the previous record from Ulrike Maisch by over 1 minute and stated afterwards that she could have ran faster if conditions would have been warmer.
Dawn Domaschk (USA/38:31 min), Kathrin Wyss (SUI; 38:52 min) and first German Paulina Boenisz (38:58 min) reached the finish well after the eventual winner.

Organisers of the event registered a record number of 6,489 entries from 25 nations for the event, which also included a 2x5km relay and a mile race for children.

Results were published already earlier.