The 2017 Frankfurt marathon weekend is underway. On Friday, they have an elite athletes conference, then, a presser with local offiicals and then, with top German women. Jo Schindler and Christoph Kopp, the men behind the race, had to be exhuasted. The presser features Sarah Hall, Vivian Cheruiyot, Mark Korir, Feyse Tedese, and Getu Feleke.
The presser is mostly in German, but it gives you a good feel on the event, and all athletes answer questions in English, or have answeres translated into English.
A monumentous event for the Frankfurt Marathon, and one worth observing.
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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