Arne Gabius kept the German tv audience on its toes, as he battled to get under two hours, ten minutes. Arne was running with Poland’s Henryk Szost, Dewi Griffiths, GBR and of course, our favorite German.
Arne Gabius and his lovely wife had a son, Frederik Bosse Gabius. “Remember, Frederik with a c.” as Arne told me.
As the European trio hit 5k in 15:14, 10k in 30:34, 15k in 45:10, 20k in 1:00:24, and half marathon in 1:03:49.
Gabius looked good, taking 25k in 1:15:53, as Szost and Griffiths broke away from Arne Gabius. Griffiths hit the 30k in 1:31:12, with Szost in 1:31:18 and Gabius in 1:31:22. As Dewi Griffiths ran away, hitting 35k in 1:46:33, Henry Szozt in 1:46:59, and Arne Gabius in 1:47:11.
This video tells Arne’s story up to 30k, which is quite fascinating, even with this charming German athlete.
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.
