November 20, 2008
After we presented the this years TOP 20 for the men in the halfmarathon and marathon last week, the rankings for the women will be published this week.
Halfmarathon women:
1. 1:08:51 Irina Mikitenko
2. 1:08:51 Sabrina Mockenhaupt
3. 1:11:29 Susanne Hahn
4. 1:14:03 Julia Viellehner
5. 1:14:52 Christine Schleifer
6. 1:15:30 Luminita Zaituc
7. 1:15:34 Simone Maissenbacher
8. 1:16:34 Bernadette Pichlmaier
9. 1:16:41 Anke Tiedemann
10. 1:16:50 Veronika Ulrich
10. 1:16:50 Silvia Krull
12. 1:17:02 Heike Bienstein
13. 1:17:22 Kathrin Paetzold
14. 1:18:02 Ilona Pfeiffer
15. 1:18:02 Melanie Schulz
16. 1:18:05 Ingalena Heuck
17. 1:19:07 Melanie Hohenester
18. 1:19:36 Birgit Bohn
19. 1:19:51 Monika Hirt
20. 1:19:57 Stefanie Wiesmair
November 17, 2008
With 795 relays and altogether 4184 the 16th edition of the marathon-relay in Berlin reported a new record in participation figures. The event location at the edge of the “Grunewald” was totally crowded and the runners enjoyed good running conditions (sunny+cool). In the men’s race 5 runners participate per relay team, while in the women’s category the marathon distance is covered by a relay of 6 runners.
This year’s winning times were somewhat short of the course records (men: 2:12:22/1995; women: 2:44:29/2001) but nevertheless respectable times were achieved.
Lead results were as follows:
Men
1.Lang- und Laufladen M1 2:14:21
(Abderrahim Oukioud, Jonas Engler, Stefan Hubert, Matti Markowski, Micha Heidenreich)
2.JK Running 2:16:26
(Christian Schrutek, Marc Schulze, Danie Naumann, Hannes Hähnel, Hannes Liebach)
3.LTC Berlin 2:24:09
(Arne Töpfer, Ivo Berg, Volker Lorenz, Robert Vollmert, Martin Hackmann)
Women
1.OSC Berlin 2:47:11
(Birgit Unterberger, Elke Richter, Claudia Kratzenstein, Anne Grießbach, Silvia Renz, Nancy Heinke)
2.Lang- und Laufladen F1 2:47:49
(Monika Liedtke, Sandra Thormann, Anne Barber, Vici Brandt, Mares Buchhauser, Nele Alsder-Baerens)
3.Potsdamer Laufclub 2:49:47
(Andrea Böhme, Kathrin Schwarz, Angelika Ehebrecht, Juliane Becker, Nina Weiss-Madsen, Maria Müller)
more results of the race men, women, male youth, female youth
November 15, 2008
On April, 26th 2009 the 24th version of the Hamburg marathon will be run, even without a title sponsor. The IAAF gave the marathon in the German North the “Golden Road Race Label” which only receive the races with highest quality. Last year approx. 20.000 runners and 800.00 spectators enjoyed the atmosphere on the fast course.
The race organisers lost the title sponsor, which discontinued the contract after the 2008 edition of the marathon. However, now there are enough sponsors could be acquired to secure the realisation of the event in 2009.
November 14, 2008
After yesterdays halfmarathon TOP20, here are the best 20 performances of German distance runners in 2008. The women’s lists will follow next week.
Marathon men:
1. 2:13:30 Falk Cierpinski
2. 2:14:18 André Pollmächer
3. 2:14:30 Martin Beckmann
4. 2:15:38 Stefan Koch
5. 2:18:24 Tobias Sauter
6. 2:18:26 Uli Steidl
7. 2:19:20 Dennis Pyka
8. 2:21:03 Elias Sansar
9. 2:21:12 Manuel Meyer
10. 2:21:38 Steffen Justus
11. 2:22:16 Erik Haß
12. 2:23:04 Florian Neuschwander
13. 2:23:40 Stefan Groß
14. 2:23:53 Daniel Pickl
15. 2:24:22 Peter Rodewald
16. 2:24:28 Stephan Immega
17. 2:24:49 Philipp Nawrocki
18. 2:25:24 Andre Green
19. 2:25:49 Mike Mariathasan
20. 2:26:03 Carsten Bresser
November 13, 2008
After the season of road races and marathons is almost over, marathonscene.com will give an inside on the German TOP 20 of the long distance competitions.
Halfmarathon men:
1. 1:02:12 Patrick Kimeli
2. 1:04:50 Stefan Koch
3. 1:05:38 Lennart Sponar
4. 1:05:46 Tobias Sauter
5. 1:06:03 Falk Cierpinski
6. 1:06:08 Martin Beckmann
7. 1:06:16 Uli Steidl
8. 1:06:30 Steffen Justus
9. 1:06:37 Florian Neuschwander
10. 1:06:50 Benjamin Lindner
11. 1:06:54 Alexander Lubina
12. 1:07:13 Rico Schwarz
13. 1:07:21 Eduard Scherer
14. 1:07:30 Robert Krebs
15. 1:07:31 Christian Seiler
16. 1:07:34 Timo Zeiler
17. 1:07:35 Denis Pyka
18. 1:07:40 Andre Green
19. 1:07:42 Erik Haß
20. 1:07:48 Philipp Nawrocki
November 10, 2008
No matter if it’s raining, snowing or if the temperatures are too high or too low. In the LGA indoor marathon there are always ideal conditions, because it takes place completely indoors. The 30 relay and 120 individual places are fully booked long before the registration deadline, even if the marathon runners have to run the same round 55 times (on two levels in an office building).
Lead results were as follows:
marathon men:
1 Kilian, Manfred 1973 3:07:29,9
2 Van Gemmeren, Hans-Jürgen1953 3:11:40,4
3 Mücke, Dietmar 1962 www.laufmalwieder.de 3:12:36,5
4 Schmidt, Hannes 1967 LG Nürnberg 3:14:08,9
5 Bunse, Christoph 1964 VfL Triteam Nürnberg 3:14:24,9
marathon women:
1 Bruder, Birgit 1967 TV-Lemberg 3:50:47,6
2 Schwalbe, Dörte 1972 ESV Lok Zwickau 4:47:27,4
halfmarathon men:
1 Ahrenberg, Holger 1971 TSV Burgebrach 1:25:11,6
2 Staudacher, Marcel 1980 Team Klinikum Nürnberg 1:26:27,5
3 Heider, Uwe 1965 TSG 08 Roth 1:26:32,5
4 Haberkorn, Klaus 1983 1:28:26,5
5 Farnlucher, Jürgen 1967 Team Yannic & Co. Nürnberg 1:31:51,8
halfmarathon women:
1 Weiß, Gabriele 1965 Team LGA 1:42:53,1
2 Eichenmüller, Gabi 1960 Team Klnikum Nürnberg 1:46:20,8
3 Müller, Doris 1962 SV 1873 Nürnberg Süd e.V. 1:47:27,2
full results of the race bibchip.de
November 8, 2008
This weekend the first major German cross-country race took place in Pforzheim. The race was also the opener of the new established German Cross-Cup with races in Neukirchen, Pforzheim and Darmstadt.
In the men’s race (10K) the reigning German 10.000m Champion Sebastian Hallmann secured victory ahead of the reigning Cross Champ Stephan Hohl. Those 2 made the pace together with the eventually Junior-race (8K) winner Thorsten Baumeister for the better part of the race and the gap to 3rd place Jan Förster and 4th place Steffen Uliczka (reigning steeple champion) was pretty large.
In the women’s race (7K) Simret Restle became the winner with a strong finish, only 4 seconds behind: Julia Viellehner. Also in the women’s race a Junior made the pace for a long time: Julia Hiller pushed from the very beginning, but had to run 2.000m less than the women from the main category. Also the European marathon champion Ulrike Maisch competed on “foreign terrain”. After a long injury break she is just having her coming back and is motivated to qualify for next year’s world championship marathon team.
For the cross-specialists it was the first opportunity to show their capabilities and to send a first sign towards a qualification for the European Cross Country Championships on 9th of December in Brussels.
November 3, 2008
On last Sunday, November 2nd Alexander Lubina stepped back from his career in competitive sports. The 28-year old that was troubled with several injuries in recent years said, he does not see a chance anymore to compete in next year’s “home” world championships in Berlin after another stress fracture which was discovered one week ahead of his planned start in the Frankfurt marathon.
In spring 2003 Alex suffered his first stress fracture and since this time he could not train continuously for one year. Altogether he suffered 5 or 6 stress fractures. Until recently, it looked as like he is on a good way back. In the Essen marathon he paced the leaders for 30km (at 2:18h pace) without bigger problems and was motivated to compete in the Frankfurt marathon. However, a MRI few days before the race showed another fracture.
The decision to quit his career was also influenced by an attractive job offer. Alex will still continue running, but on another level: “My second love is orienteering and maybe I can improve in this direction.”. Furthermore he wants to improve his marathon PB of 2:21:27 after 1-2 years recovery to a sub 2:20 time.
The PB’s of Alexander Lubina:
3000m 7:54 Rhede
5000m 13:38 Kassel
10000m 28:29,15 Camaiore, ITA
10km 29:02 Bad Liebenzell
Halfmarathon 64:20 Bad Liebenzell
November 3, 2008
After Ethiopian Gete Wami placed “only” 6th in the 2008 ING New York City Marathon, both Irina Mikitenko and Gete Wami had 65 points in the World Marathon Majors series 2007/2008. The five race directors had to decide who is the winner and did so in an unanimous vote. Irina Mikitenko was made the champion and she now shares 1 million US-$ with the winner of the Men’s World Marathon Majors title, Martin Lel, who was already the winner before the NYC-marathon.
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