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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Amanal Petros is now<br />
the fourth-fastest<br />
European of all time<br />
and even faster than<br />
Great Britain‘s running<br />
superstar Mo Farah<br />
(2:05:11 h).<br />
work on before the Olympic<br />
Games next year in Paris.<br />
I still have room to grow in<br />
speed and strength. I need<br />
to build up my hip muscles<br />
in particular. And for speed,<br />
track races over 10,000 metres<br />
are important for me,<br />
even though it‘s always a bit<br />
of a gamble to run with spikes<br />
in a stadium, when you‘re<br />
used to always running in road<br />
running shoes. My goal is to<br />
run the German record over<br />
10,000 metres as well. I want<br />
to run 27:20 or 27:15 minutes<br />
and thus beat the 26-year-old<br />
best time of Dieter Baumann,<br />
who ran 27:21.53 minutes.<br />
In preparation for the Olympics<br />
next year, I will certainly<br />
be training in Kenya again<br />
for four or five months, even<br />
if my flat in Bochum always<br />
feels a bit neglected and my<br />
plants die during such a long<br />
time away. In spring, I definitely<br />
want to run another marathon<br />
before the final preparation<br />
for Paris begins.<br />
I think I will be running in the<br />
Adizero Adios Pro Evo again<br />
then, like I did in Berlin. At<br />
138 grams, it is the lightest<br />
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