March 16, 2009
On Saturday, March 14, Viktor Röthlin returned to Switzerland from his altitude training camp in Kenya because of a suspicion of pneumonia. He will now undergo complete medical testing in Switzerland. Röthlin had to reduce the training already on the Tuesday before, because of an inflammation in his foot. Surprisingly on Thursday some symptoms of pneumonia appeared and the 34-year old immediately decided to fly back to Europe. Originally it was planned, that Röthlin would have stayed in Kenya until March 20 to prepare for the London marathon 2009.
March 5, 2009
Britain’s marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe is out of next months London marathon (26.4.09) after breaking a toe in training. The three time winner of the London race suffered the injury on the right second toe while altitude training in the United States (New Mexico). It is believed that the injury may have been forced by a ganglion, a swelling that forms around the tendons or joints, that might have changed her foot dynamics.
Radcliffe stated that she is considering surgery to get 100% fit as soon as physically possible and to prevent future problems.
Radcliffe now shifts the focus on the World Championship marathon in Berlin this year. With Germany’s Irina Mikitenko, Romanian Constantina Dita, Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and many other superb runners the London marathon will nevertheless provide a race to watch. The women’s elite field consists of the following runners:
Irina Mikitenko GER 2:19:19
Catherine Ndereba KEN 2:18:47
Zhou Chunxiu CHN 2:19:51
Berhane Adere ETH 2:20:42
Lyudmila Petrova RUS 2:21:29
Constantina Dita ROM 2:21:30
Svetlana Zakharova RUS 2:21:31
Gete Wami ETH 2:21:34
Yuri Kano JPN 2.24.27
Tomo Morimoto JPN 2.24.33
Mara Yamauchi GBR 2:25:03
Martha Komu KEN 2:25:33
Mika Okunaga JPN 2.27.52
Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 2:29:12
Inga Abitova RUS 2:33:55
Kate O’Neill USA 2:34:04
Liliya Shobukhova RUS Debut
Jo Pavey GBR Debut
January 24, 2009
Ethiopian long distance star Haile Gebrselassieis is still hungry and wants to brake 3 more world records this year. Only few days after his marathon in Dubai (2:05:29 in torrent rain) he published his race plan for 2009. After a halfmarathon in Den Haag (14.3.) and a 1-hour attempt in Hengelo (1.5.), Haile might also go for another marathon world record during the 36th Berlin marathon (20.09.09)
January 21, 2009
Reigning Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) set the plan for the upcoming post-olympic season. Following a halfmarathon in Granollers (Spain) he will run one more halfmarathon – most probably in March – before taking on the extremely competitive field of the London marathon (April 20th).
Wanjiru is not going to run the world championships marathon in Berlin but will run the autumn marathon in the same city on September 20th. In the 36th real,- Berlin marathon he is planning to attack the current world record of Haile Gebrselassie (2:03:59) which was set in Berlin 2008.
December 20, 2008
On September 29 2008 Austrian distance-star Günther Weidlinger started his preparation for his marathon debut, which he will give in the Austrian capital on April 19 in 2009. The former steeplechaser wants to establish himself in the European marathon elite and aims for the Austrian marathon record of 2:12:22. The Austrian national record which was set also in Vienna is held by Gerhard Hartmann and already lasts for 22 years. At the time being, Weidlinger already has the national records in the 1.500 m (3:34,69 Min), 3.000 m (indoor/7:44,19), 3.000m steeple (8:10,83), 5.000 m (13:13,44), 10.000 m (27:36,46), 10 km road (28:10) and in the halfmarathon (61:42).
Günther Weidlinger started his preparation with a 6-week altitude training camp in Falls Creek/AUS. Down under he also competed in a 15k road race and took 5th-place in a race that was won by Haile Gebrselassie.
November 29, 2008
Several media reported that the Ethiopian distance miracle Kenenisa Bekele will be sidelined for the next months because of a stress fracture on his ankle. The injury occurred in the preparation for the 15Km road running world record attempt in Njimegen, Netherlands in Mid-November. Eventually he took 3rd place in the race and could not stand on his two feet after crossing the finish line.
The 26-year old Olympic 5.000 and 10.000m was told to completely rest for 2 months and then start light training. Consequently he will run no indoor races and even during the Cross-Country season he might not be able to defend his World Champ title.
Even if he had problems with his achilles heel in 2002 that forced him out of competition in that season, it is the first major injury and it remains to be seen how good he will cope with this incidence. Nevertheless, it shows that also the East Africans are no running machines and are working on their very limit.
November 25, 2008
Swiss marathon ace Viktor Röthlin announced already now, that he is not going to compete in the 2009 World Championship marathon in Berlin. About his plans he said: “I will run another city marathon”. While he has not finalised the planning for the autumn, it is sure that he is going to run the London Marathon on 26th April 2009 as his spring marathon. “There are only few marathons in the world, in which a marathon runner must definitely compete. London is for sure one of those marathons” he stated about the marathon in the British capital.
As a preparation for London, Viktor Röthlin will run 3 road races in Switzerland this year before he is heading to a training camp to Kenya.
November 3, 2008
After Ethiopian Gete Wami placed “only” 6th in the 2008 ING New York City Marathon, both Irina Mikitenko and Gete Wami had 65 points in the World Marathon Majors series 2007/2008. The five race directors had to decide who is the winner and did so in an unanimous vote. Irina Mikitenko was made the champion and she now shares 1 million US-$ with the winner of the Men’s World Marathon Majors title, Martin Lel, who was already the winner before the NYC-marathon.
September 20, 2008
On Spiegel TV there is a nice short video about Haile’s preparation for the 36th real,-Berlin Marathon 2008.
German reports visited him in his home in Addis Abeba and on his training sites at 3000m above sea level. He daily trains with the bib, that the Berlin organisers already sent him. The trophy of the 2007 Berlin marathon victory has a special place, but there is still a lot of space for the 2008 tlin rophy…
The 3-minutes video can be seen on Spiegel TV.
September 16, 2008
On September, 14th the World Mountain Running Trophy was held in Crans-Montana (SUI).
Jonathan Wyatt recorded his 6th World title, covering the 12km, 1046m climb course in 55:03. The minor places on the podium were taken by Martin Toroitich (UGA; 55:16) and Ahmet Arslan (TUR; 55:26), who started the race in the leading position but could not match the experience of Wyatt in the steepest part of the course.
The womens race was won with a much bigger margin of 59 seconds by Austrian Andrea Mayr, who just missed to qualify for Beijing in the 3000m steeple by one second. The beaten field included Renate Rungger (ITA, 44:57) and Elisa Desco(ITA, 45:29) and Olympian Kirsten Otterbu (NOR, 45:29.02).
The German team ran rather disappointing. Only Timo Zeiler could compete against the best in the world, coming home 7th in the mens race.
Lead results were as follows:
men (11,970 km/1046 m):
1. Jonathan Wyatt (Nzl) 55:03
2. Martin Toroitich (Uga) 55:16
3. Ahmet Arslan (Tur) 55:26
4. Bernard Dematteis (Ita) 55:48
5. Raymond Fontaine (Fra) 55:52
6. Jairo Vargas Espinosa (Col) 56:30
7. Timo Zeiler (Ger/ TSV Trochtelfingen) 56:43
8. Marco de Gasperi (Ita) 56:50
9. Andrey Safronov (Rus) Rus) 56:53
10. David Schneider (Sui) 56:54
11. Marco Gaiardo (Ita) 57:14
12. Rickey Gates (USA) 57:17
13. Steve Vernon (Eng) 57:27
14. Elexis Gex-Fabry (Sui) 57:40
15. Moses Aliwa (Uga) 57:44
16. Joe Gray (USA) 57:53
17. Sébastien Epiney (Sui) 57:55
18. Tarcis Ancay (Sui) 58:05
19. James Walsh (Eng) 58:10
20. Gabriele Abate (Ita) 58:15
other Germans:
39. Manuel Stöckert (Ger/ TSV Ostheim) 59:29
46. Josef Beha (Ger/ FC Unterkirnach) 1:00:31
80. Marco Sturm (Ger/ LLC Marathon Regensburg) 1:02:46
teams:
1. Italy 43
2. Suisse 59
3. USA 76
8. Germany 172
women (8,330 km/733 m):
1. Andrea Mayr (Aut) 43:57
2. Renate Rungger (Ita) 44:57
3. Elisa Desco (Ita) 45:29
4. Kirsten Otterbu (Nor) 45:29
5. Martina Strähl (Sui) 45:43
6. Anita Haakenstad-Evertsen (Nor) 46:02
7. Paula Tudoran (Rom) 46:35
8. Bernadette Meier (Sui) 47:00
9. Constance Devillers (Fra) 47:07
10. Anna Frost (Nzl) 47:35,
Germans:
53. Veronica Ulrich (Ger/ LG Telis Finanz Regensburg) 52:26,
67. Annette Bendig (Ger/ TG Nürtingen) 54:02,
82. Kerstin Straub (Ger/ SSC Hanau-Rodenbach) 56:06
teams:
1. Norway 24
2. Suisse 25
3. Italy 33
17. Germany 202
junior men (8,33 km/733 m):
1. Sindre Buraas (Nor) 42:12
2. Ricardo Sterni (Ita) 42:25
3. Mevlut Savaser (Tur) 42:43
4. Alper Demir (Tur) 42:51
5. Tim Smith (USA) 43:02
Germans:
23. René Stöckert (Ger/ TSV Ostheim) 44:56
junior women:
1. Laura Park (Eng) 22:34
2. Esra Gullu (Tur) 23:07
3. Alex Dunne (USA) 23:33
4. Victoria Kreuzer (Sui) 23:55
5. Gina Paletta (Wal) 24:04
Germans:
22. Carolin Tuch (Ger/ LAC Erdgas Chemnitz) 25:51
32. Barbara Abler (Ger/ LC Ainring) 26:54
43. Lina Scherzer (Ger/ LAZ Salamander Kornwestheim/ Ludwigsburg) 29:01
teams:
1. England 8
2. Turkey 11
3. Suisse 22
13. Germany 54
full results of the race wmrt2008.org
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