BMW BERLIN-MARATHON 2023: The Finisher Magazine

At the EXPO in the former Tempelhof
Airport, used sports shoes were
dropped off to benefit those in need.
300 pairs were collected.
At the start, volunteers filled 45 bins
with discarded warm clothing, which
was later distributed to people who
can make good use of the items.
there after about 450 years,
but never completely. The
cups tested in Berlin are produced
by the company Cuna,
which is committed to establishing
a bio-based reusable
system. The new cups, called
„Sprint“, are precisely tailored
to the needs of a large
city marathon. For example,
they have six predetermined
breaking points so that—in
contrast to conventional reusable
cups—they neither become
a tripping hazard nor
pose a high risk of injury due
to sharp edges if they end up
on the road. Until now, these
were important arguments
against the use of returnable
cups for running—the tests in
Berlin should disprove them.
Another important concept
at the BMW BERLIN-MARA-
THON is to always support
people in need with items
that are tossed off by the