Dennis Kimetto stormed to a world record at the BIG 25 Berlin: Kenya’s 28 year-old newcomer crossed the finish line of the traditional 25 k race in 1:11:18. Caroline Chepkwony (Kenya) was the women’s winner, clocking a world-class time as well with 1:22:56. Adding all running events of the day there were a total of 10,478 athletes competing in Germany’s oldest city road race. In the history of the event, which started back in 1981 and always had the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium, this was already the seventh world record.
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At his third international race Kenya’s newcomer Dennis Kimetto has finally been entered with his correct name. Called ,Denis Koech’ before, he had won the Ras Al Khaimah and Berlin half marathon races in February and early April. On Sunday Dennis Kimetto will now run the BIG 25 Berlin. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS expect up to 10,000 athletes competing in various running events. The BIG 25 Berlin is Germany’s oldest major city road race. The event once initiated by the French allied forces in West Berlin will see its 32nd edition. Starting in front of the Olympic Stadium the spectacular finish is right on the blue track inside the arena.
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For the first time runners of the BIG 25 Berlin will have the choice of competing in a half marathon or in the traditional 25 k event. On 6th May the finish for both races will be inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Because of the new event Berlin now has two big spring half marathons for the first time. Online entry for the races on 6th May is available on this website.
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Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
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Kenya’s 10 k world record holder Leonard Komon returns to the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. The 23 year-old intends to further improve his course record, which he had set a year ago. In 2010 Komon had won the 10 k race in the city centre of the German capital with 27:12 minutes. This is the fastest 10 k road time ever run on German soil. Komon’s world record stands at 26:44 minutes.
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From next year, the Ruhr area will have a high-class half-marathon more. BIG 25 Herne is BIG Halbmarathon. Instead of the previous distances 25 km and 7.5 km distances now the half-marathon and 10 km are available. Also for the seasons are changing sections, five runners now share the 21.0975 km into 4x4 km and 5.0975 km. With the change to the half marathon distance, Berlin läuft! goes new ways and is looking forward to the coming challenge on 22 April 2012!
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AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) took the opportunity, on the occasion of the 31st BIG 25 Berlin race, to honour the winners of the previous year's race who, in a unique double, set world records in both the male and female races. This was the first time this has ever happened.
Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany, both from Kenya, both broke the world 25km records. Kosgei (1:11:50) took 55 seconds from the mark held by Paul Kosgei since 2004. Keitany smashed the 1:20 barrier, improving Mizuko Noguchi's time (1:22:13, set en route to a Berlin Marathon finish in 2005) to 1:19:53.
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The BIG 25 Berlin have confirmed its position as the world’s leading 25 k race. Despite the warm weather world leads for the men and women were established at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. While a year ago both world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin this time Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) clocked 1:12:13, which is the third fastest time ever run at the distance. The 21 year-old missed the world record of his fellow countryman Samuel Kosgei, who had finished with 1:11:50 in 2010, by just 23 seconds. Women’s winner Filomena Chepchirchir clocked 1:23:22, the fastest time so far in 2011. Adding other running events organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,423 entries for the 31st edition of the BIG 25 Berlin.
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Half a dozen world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin so far. It was a year ago, when Germany’s oldest big city road race had its greatest day regarding winning times. Both 25 k world records were smashed. It remains a unique achievement in road running that the men’s and the women’s marks were improved in one race. While Kenya’s Sammy Kosgei clocked 1:11:50 his fellow countrywoman Mary Keitany finished with the first sub 1:20 time ever (1:19:53). When the 31st edition will be started this Sunday fast times can again be expected. Adding a 10 k and a 5x5 k relay event around 10,000 runners are expected to take part in the BIG 25 Berlin.
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The BIG 25 Berlin road race will receive a unique award from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). After both world records were broken in the traditional 25 k race through the German capital in 2010 AIMS board members decided during their recent meeting in Belgrade to honour this achievement. The ceremony will take place during this year’s BIG 25 Berlin race on 8th May. Organisers again expect a top field to compete while around 10,000 runners will take part in the mass races with distances of 25 k, 10 k and a 5x5 k relay. Online entry is still possible at: www.berlin-runs.com
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Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
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Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
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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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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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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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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.deMore...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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, 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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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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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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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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Dennis Kimetto stormed to a world record at the BIG 25 Berlin: Kenya’s 28 year-old newcomer crossed the finish line of the traditional 25 k race in 1:11:18. Caroline Chepkwony (Kenya) was the women’s winner, clocking a world-class time as well with 1:22:56. Adding all running events of the day there were a total of 10,478 athletes competing in Germany’s oldest city road race. In the history of the event, which started back in 1981 and always had the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium, this was already the seventh world record.
At his third international race Kenya’s newcomer Dennis Kimetto has finally been entered with his correct name. Called ,Denis Koech’ before, he had won the Ras Al Khaimah and Berlin half marathon races in February and early April. On Sunday Dennis Kimetto will now run the BIG 25 Berlin. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS expect up to 10,000 athletes competing in various running events. The BIG 25 Berlin is Germany’s oldest major city road race. The event once initiated by the French allied forces in West Berlin will see its 32nd edition. Starting in front of the Olympic Stadium the spectacular finish is right on the blue track inside the arena.
For the first time runners of the BIG 25 Berlin will have the choice of competing in a half marathon or in the traditional 25 k event. On 6th May the finish for both races will be inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Because of the new event Berlin now has two big spring half marathons for the first time. Online entry for the races on 6th May is available on this website.
Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
Kenya’s 10 k world record holder Leonard Komon returns to the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. The 23 year-old intends to further improve his course record, which he had set a year ago. In 2010 Komon had won the 10 k race in the city centre of the German capital with 27:12 minutes. This is the fastest 10 k road time ever run on German soil. Komon’s world record stands at 26:44 minutes.
AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) took the opportunity, on the occasion of the 31st BIG 25 Berlin race, to honour the winners of the previous year's race who, in a unique double, set world records in both the male and female races. This was the first time this has ever happened.
The BIG 25 Berlin have confirmed its position as the world’s leading 25 k race. Despite the warm weather world leads for the men and women were established at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. While a year ago both world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin this time Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) clocked 1:12:13, which is the third fastest time ever run at the distance. The 21 year-old missed the world record of his fellow countryman Samuel Kosgei, who had finished with 1:11:50 in 2010, by just 23 seconds. Women’s winner Filomena Chepchirchir clocked 1:23:22, the fastest time so far in 2011. Adding other running events organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,423 entries for the 31st edition of the BIG 25 Berlin.
Half a dozen world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin so far. It was a year ago, when Germany’s oldest big city road race had its greatest day regarding winning times. Both 25 k world records were smashed. It remains a unique achievement in road running that the men’s and the women’s marks were improved in one race. While Kenya’s Sammy Kosgei clocked 1:11:50 his fellow countrywoman Mary Keitany finished with the first sub 1:20 time ever (1:19:53). When the 31st edition will be started this Sunday fast times can again be expected. Adding a 10 k and a 5x5 k relay event around 10,000 runners are expected to take part in the BIG 25 Berlin.
The BIG 25 Berlin road race will receive a unique award from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). After both world records were broken in the traditional 25 k race through the German capital in 2010 AIMS board members decided during their recent meeting in Belgrade to honour this achievement. The ceremony will take place during this year’s BIG 25 Berlin race on 8th May. Organisers again expect a top field to compete while around 10,000 runners will take part in the mass races with distances of 25 k, 10 k and a 5x5 k relay. Online entry is still possible at: www.berlin-runs.com
Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
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.
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.
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.
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: 
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.
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. 
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
