BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023: The Finisher Magazine
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
What was that BMW BERLIN-MARATHON like? September 24th will go down in history as one of the greatest festive days in running: Even before the first starting shot was fired, a record number of 47,912 entries from 156 nations had been allocated. And that is just the marathon runners. Of these, 43,010 reached the finish line at the Brandenburg Gate. This is the second highest number of finishers in the history of the race. Tigst Assefa runs into completely new dimensions with a world record. Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fifth time. Amanal Petros pulverises the German record. And Domenika Mayer becomes the second-best German of all time. In this digital finisher magazine we have compiled all the stories and the best photos from the 49th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON for you. We hope you enjoy reading, looking at the photos and reminiscing!
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proud of it. But then getting<br />
back into running was hard.<br />
Really hard. It is fascinating<br />
how such an interruption can<br />
take you out of the flow. <strong>The</strong><br />
editor also asked me what the<br />
last few kilometres would be<br />
like: I said that I would arrive—<br />
no matter how and no matter<br />
when.<br />
I walked the last seven kilometres.<br />
All the way until the<br />
home stretch, when you see<br />
the Brandenburg Gate: That’s<br />
where I started running. Carried<br />
by this unbelievable wave<br />
of cheers. In Berlin, the crowd<br />
carries you from the start to<br />
the finish.<br />
This year I arrived at the<br />
finish in 5:54 hours. <strong>The</strong><br />
27,777th of 43,000. But that<br />
doesn’t matter: everyone is<br />
a winner—because everyone<br />
has proven what he or she<br />
can do. Only that counts. Every<br />
year anew. But this time it<br />
was still my best Berlin Marathon<br />
yet. Everything fit: <strong>The</strong><br />
JÜRGEN KARL<br />
motivation, the weather, the<br />
atmosphere. <strong>The</strong>re were so<br />
many people—I still get goose<br />
bumps.<br />
Goosebumps—that’s what it<br />
was until the very last moment:<br />
almost at the finish line,<br />
a cameraman shot images for<br />
the big video wall. I showed<br />
him my back one last time and<br />
then saw myself on the big<br />
wall. “My” Brandenburg Gate<br />
at the Brandenburg Gate: this<br />
moment, this feeling—it will<br />
stay with me. No one can ever<br />
take that away from me again.
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