Luminita Zaituc: Last competitive marathon in Frankfurt 2009

October 1, 2009

The Frankfurt marathon on October 25th, 2009 is going to be the last one in the competitive career of German marathon runner Luminita Zaituc. Zaituc is the 4th-fastest German in the all-time list of German marathoning and has a lot of good memories about the Frankfurt race.

Zaituc set her PB with a time of 2:26:01h when she won the Frankfurt marathon in 2001. One year later she got second with a time of 2:29:57h and 2003 she won the same race again with a time of 2:29:41h.

When the gun goes off for the 28th edition of the Frankfurt marathon on 25th of October, the “Grande dame” of German marathon running will be 41 years of age. Zaituc will race against the strongest female field in the history of the Frankfurt marathon, with Kenyans Rose Cheruiyot, Ruth Wanjiru, Agnes Kiprop and Ethiopian Firehiwot Dado being the favourites for the title in the womens race.