Interview with Wolfgang Marzin, CEO of Messe Frankfurt, the RunBlogRun Interview

Wolfgang Marzin, CEO, Markus Quint, Company Spokesman, Messe Frankfurt, photo by RunBlogRun

Wolfgang Marzin is the CEO f Messe Frankfurt, one of the sponsors of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon. I met Wolfgang at the first presser with Vivian Cheruiyot. It was nice to see a sponsor who is both fan and runner. Wolfgang has run marathons, as have two of his children.

Marzin’s company, Messe Frankfurt, owns over 140 trade shows around the globe. His site in Frankurt is one of the largest and oldest in Europe. The Frankfurt Marathon Expo was held in Wolfgang’s facility in Frankfurt.

We spoke with Wolfgang Marzin on October 29, 2017, regardng the nature of sponsorship, and his interest in the Frankfurt Marathon. A positive and optomistic businessman, Marzin sees running as a good activity to sponsor, and a great way to reach out to professionals in various businesses and activities, his target market.

We thank Markus Quint, Messe Frankfurt Company Spokesman, for arranging this meeting.

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Larry Eder

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.

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