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berlin runs | 09.05.2010
Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany crowned the jubilee edition of the BIG 25 Berlin with unique double world record performances. Never before have both world records been broken in one road race. While Sammy Kosgei stormed into the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a time of 1:11:50, Mary Keitany clocked a sensational 1:19:53. She became the first female runner to dip under 1:20 in a 25 k race. Both records were smashed in the BIG 25 Berlin race. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations at the 30th edition of the race.
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berlin runs | 10.05.2010
After her phenomenal world record in the BIG 25 Berlin Mary Keitany looked ahead to her next big goal, which will be the marathon. The 28 year-old Kenyan had become the first female to clock a sub 1:20 time in a 25 k race, when she ran 1:19:53 on Sunday in the German capital. In her first race at the distance Keitany smashed the world record on the Berlin roads, improving the mark by a staggering 2:20 minutes. With this performance she has given another strong indication, that she is capable of becoming the world’s next great marathon runner. At the London Olympics in 2012 the classic race will be the event she hopes to win and an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s legendary world marathon record may also be on the cards in future.
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berlin runs | 06.05.2010
Three Kenyan top stars will run the 30th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin this Sunday: Mary Keitany, Paul Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa are ready for fast times. The jubilee edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race is very likely to see two world record attempts. The BIG 25 Berlin boost the strongest international field of any road race in Germany this spring. Organiser BERLIN RUNS expects a total field of around 10,000 runners.
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berlin runs | 07.04.2010
Mary Keitany, the world’s number one road runner in 2009, will run the BIG 25 Berlin on 9th May. The 28 year-old has entered the 30th edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race with the aim to break the world 25 k record. More than 10,000 entries are expected for the BIG 25 Berlin, which will also feature a 10 k race, a 5x5 k relay and a children’s event. All events will finish on the blue track inside the famous Berlin Olympic Stadium, which saw the IAAF World Championships last summer. Online entry for the BIG 25 Berlin is still available at: www.berlin-laeuft.de
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berlin runs | 06.01.2010
Germany’s oldest city road race will see a jubilee edition in 2010: The BIG 25 Berlin, which were first staged in spring 1981, will take place for the 30th time on 9th May. As in the past the course of the high-class 25 k race will lead from the ,Olympischer Platz’ in front of the Olympic Stadium into the city centre and then back with a spectacular finish inside the arena, which saw the IAAF World Championships in 2009. Brandenburg Gate, the famous boulevards Unter den Linden and Kurfürstendamm as well as Potsdamer Platz are among the tourist attractions passed by the runners.
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berlin runs | 11.10.2009
Paul Tergat intends to continue his career for another one or two more years and intends to win another major marathon with a very fast time. The great Kenyan said this in Berlin at the previous weekend, where he could not compete in the BIG 25 Berlin due to a back problem after a fall in training. Paul Tergat still came to Berlin to help promote the race. It was in this city, where he became the first marathoner to clock a sub 2:05 time in 2003 (2:04:55).
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berlin runs | 07.10.2009
Taking the two winners’ times the 29th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin produced the best ever 25 k race. Kenyans Matthew Koech and Peninah Arusei took advantage of the perfect weather conditions and clocked world leads on the fast course through Germany’s capital. 25 year-old Matthew Koech ran 1:13:24, which is the seventh fastest ever run at the distance. Peninah Arusei became the first runner to achieve a third victory in this race. The 30 year-old, who had taken the race in 2006 and 2008, clocked a course record of 1:22:31, which was the fourth fastest ever.
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berlin runs | 13.05.2009
Paul Tergat intends to continue his career for another one or two more years and intends to win another major marathon with a very fast time. The great Kenyan said this in Berlin at the previous weekend, where he could not compete in the BIG 25 Berlin due to a back problem after a fall in training. Paul Tergat still came to Berlin to help promote the race. It was in this city, where he became the first marathoner to clock a sub 2:05 time in 2003 (2:04:55).
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berlin runs | 10.05.2009
Taking the two winners’ times the 29th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin produced the best ever 25 k race. Kenyans Matthew Koech and Peninah Arusei took advantage of the perfect weather conditions and clocked world leads on the fast course through Germany’s capital. 25 year-old Matthew Koech ran 1:13:24, which is the seventh fastest ever run at the distance. Peninah Arusei became the first runner to achieve a third victory in this race. The 30 year-old, who had taken the race in 2006 and 2008, clocked a course record of 1:22:31, which was the fourth fastest ever.
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berlin runs | 09.05.2009
There was bad luck for Paul Tergat: The Kenyan is unable to run the BIG 25 Berlin this Sunday after a fall during a training session last Monday in Ngong. Nontheless Paul Tergat came to Berlin to show his support for Germany’s oldest city road race, which will see its 29th edition on Sunday. It is the first time Paul Tergat is back in the city where he wrote athletics history, when becoming the first man to run a sub 2:05 marathon in 2003 (2:04:55).
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berlin runs | 06.05.2009
The 25 k race was initiated by the French forces in West Berlin in 1981 and was then called ,25 km de Berlin’. It is renowned for its spectacular finish on the blue track of the Olympic Stadium. The course leads the runners from the arena through the city centre including Brandenburg Gate and back to the stadium, which will host the IAAF World Championships this August. Organisers expect up to 10,000 entries for their race, which will also include a 10 k race and a 5x5 k relay.
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berlin runs | 07.04.2009
Peninah Arusei will return to the BIG 25 Berlin as the defending champion next Sunday. The Kenyan had won the race, which famously finishes inside the Olympic Stadium, with a course record of 1:24:10 a year ago. As announced earlier Kenya’s running legend Paul Tergat will compete in this traditional 25 k race, which in 1981 was Germany’s first major international city road race. For Paul Tergat it will be the first time he will run a race in Germany since setting a world marathon record of 2:04:55 in Berlin in 2003. More...
berlin runs | 17.12.2008
On Sunday, December 14, 2008, the European Athletics Association (EAA) Cross Country European Championships will take place in Brussels. Surprisingly, the DLV has abandoned its usual practice and has sent six complete teams.
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berlin runs | 12.10.2008
Kenyan Simon Kasimili and the reigning European Marathon Champion Ulrike Maisch (Germany) took the inaugural edition of the ASICS Grand 10 Berlin on Sunday, clocking 28:44 and 34:53 minutes. In ideal weather conditions 5,363 runners competed in this 10 k race, which included a 2x5 k relay as well. More than 50,000 spectators lined the course which led through the city centre and the Berlin Zoo, passing for example lions and rhinos.
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berlin runs | 10.10.2008
A new Berlin road race, the ASICS Grand 10 Berlin, will see its inaugural edition this Sunday with a number of prominent German athletes: Olympic Champion Dieter Baumann (5.000 m in 1992) will run the 10 k race while Waldemar Cierpinski (Olympic Marathon Champion in 1976 and 1980) as well as the Triathlon Olympic Champion from Tokyo Jan Frodeno will participate in a 2x5 k relay. The organisers from BERLIN RUNS, a new group which already successfully has taken over as the organiser of Berlin’s traditional 25 k race in May, expect the race to have more than 6,000 runners.
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berlin runs | 04.05.2008
BERLIN RUNS, the new organiser of the traditional Berlin 25 k race, had a perfect start this Sunday. The 28th edition of what is Germany’s oldest big city road race produced high-class winning times: While Samuel Karuku (Kenya) surprisingly took the men’s race with 1:13:49 his fellow countrywoman Peninah Arusei established a new course record of 1:24:10. Adding all running events 8,142 athletes from 23 nations had entered the event, which finished inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The figure was up by more than 1,000 runners compared to last year, showing that BERLIN RUNS is on its way to bring back the race to former glory. More than 50,000 spectators lined the course through Berlin’s city centre.
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berlin runs | 02.05.2008
Kenya’s world-class runner Patrick Ivuti will be among the favourites this Sunday, when the traditional Berlin 25 k race will take place. In the women’s race Peninah Arusei will be up against defending champion Flomena Chepchirchir (both Kenya). Adding all running events organisers from BERLIN RUNS expect well over 7,000 participants. This is a 10 percent increase compared to last year’s figures. The start of the race is in front of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium while the finish will be on the blue track inside the arena.
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berlin runs | 08.04.2008
Peninah Arusei will go for a unique double on 4th May: Never before has a woman won both the big Berlin spring races in the same year. Last Sunday the 29 year-old Kenyan took the Berlin half marathon in fast 68:22 minutes. After that Peninah Arusei decided to go for the BERLIN RUNS ... 25 k on 4th May. Organisers announced that meanwhile close to 5,000 runners have entered the traditional event, which will be started in front of the Olympic Stadium. The finish will be inside the arena on the famous blue track, which will see the World Championships in athletics in 2009.
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berlin runs | 20.10.2007
The new organisers of Berlin’s traditional 25 k race ,25 km von Berlin’ intend to bring back former glory to the race. The new organisation BERLIN RUNS, which was formed recently and took over from the regional athletics federation, is guided by two well-known figures in international athletics: Gerhard Janetzky, Meeting Director of Berlin’s IAAF Golden League Meeting ISTAF, and Christoph Kopp. Kopp is the former Elite Race Director of the Berlin Marathon. He works for a number of international road races like the Frankfurt- and Düsseldorf-Marathon. And he has already been in charge of the 25 k race in recent years.
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