Race preview: German 10K-Road Running Championships 2009

September 11, 2009

Next Saturday, 12th of September, the German National Championships in 10K Roas Running will take place in Otterndorf close to the German North Sea.The race will take place on a flat and fast 2,053km city-loop.

In the mens race Arne Gabius, 5.000m-World Championships 2009 participant and already honoured with 3 German National titles is the hot favourite. Main contenders should be Filmon Ghirmai, Sebastian Hallmann and defending champion Falk Cierpinski (if he will compete). Also the U23-Juniors Matti Markowski, Philipp Pflieger, Musa Roba-Kinkal and Geronimo von Wartburg might have a chance to run into the TOP-10. However, there are several contenders for the spot on the top and a lot of sub-30 and sub-31minutes times can be expected on the fast course in Otterndorf.

The shining star in the womens field is Sabrina Mockenhaupt. After becoming 17th in the World Championships marathon in Berlin this year and a 32:20minutes 10K only two weeks later she will almost certainly earn another National title – especially because Irina Mikitenko is in St.Moritz for preparing a possible autumn marathon and will not run the Championships. The spots behind Mockenhaupt will most likely be decided out of a bigger group that might include: Susanne Hahn, Simret Restle, Stephanie Beckmann, Ingalena Heuck, Julia Viellehner, Heike Bienstein, Birte Bultmann, Luminita Zaituc, Susi Lutz and Julia Hiller.

Complete entry lists are available here.

Marathonscene will also publish reults and reports of the races.