23rd Munich Marathon report + results, 12.10.2008 (München)

October 13, 2008

Steffen Justus was the winner of the 23th Munich marathon. The 26-year old professional triathlete crossed the finish line in the Olympic stadium as the first marathoner. In the first marathon race of his career he clocked a respectable time of 2:21:38. His secret was to attack in the second part of the race and this proved to be the right tactic. At km 29 he overtook the early leader of the race, Peter Rodewald and constantly increased the gap until the finish. However, also for 2nd place finisher Rodewald the 2:24:23 was a personal record. After a strong first half (1:10:45) Rodewald had to pay some toll to the warm weather conditions (about 20°C) and lost some time on the later stages of the race. Christian Discherl took 3rd place with a distant 2:31:57.
In the women’s race Melanie Hohenester secured the victory in 2:49:19. Like the men’s winner she is also a professional triathlete. The minor places on the podium were taken by Bianca Meyer (GER, 2:56:23) and Laura Ursella (ITA, 2:56:52). World Duathlon-Champion Ulrike Schwalbe, who was in the lead pack until km 22 could not maintain the early pace and dropped to 4th place.
The two winners of the marathon can call themselves Munich Heroes now, because they won both the Munich triathlon and the Munich marathon 2008. Since they also met the required times, the will get a price money of 10.000€ for this performance.

In the 10K Sebastian Hallmann made an appearance, after he was not seen for a long time in the German distance running scene. His victory in 30:09min shows that he is right in shape and good performances can be expected in future races.

Lead results were as follows:

marathon men:
1 Justus, Steffen (DEU) HK Hansgrohe-Team-Schwarzwald 02:21:38
2 Rodewald, Peter (DEU) HK USV Jena 02:24:23
3 Dirscherl, Christian (DEU) HK LG Passau 02:31:57
4 Bründl, Alfred (AUT) 30 Laufsport Leogang 02:33:13
5 Wyss, Manuel (CHE) 30 Tri-Team Hallein 02:34:39
6 Severin, Tobias (DEU) 30 LGO Bochum 02:36:14
7 Agstner, Martin (ITA) 45 Südtiroler Laufverein Bozen 02:37:05
8 Loth, Lothar (DEU) 35 WSV Viechtach 02:37:18
9 Greger, Oliver (DEU) HK RSC Marktredwitz 02:37:40
10 Landenberger, Artur (DEU) 35 SC Delphin Ingolstadt 02:38:07
11 Mehlfeld, Dennis (DEU) HK Lübecker SC 02:38:15
12 Wagner, Dorian (DEU) HK TSG 08 Roth 02:38:38
13 Schröfl, Dennis (DEU) 30 Performance Team Deutschland 02:39:39
14 Müller, Jan (DEU) HK 02:39:58
15 Höhler, Knut (DEU) HK LG Göttingen 02:42:04
16 Rinderer, Markus (AUT) 30 02:42:12
17 Dutschak, Hauke (DEU) 35 Lauftreff Winnenden 02:42:30
18 Weiß, Thomas (AUT) 30 SC Zwickl Zwettl 02:42:42
19 Gschwend, Peter (CHE) 55 runandsmile 02:43:33
20 Mannweiler, Klaus (DEU) 40 SV Burgmann 02:44:07

marathon women:
1 Hohenester, Melanie (DEU) 30 TriTeam PSV UniBW München 02:49:20
2 Meyer, Bianca (DEU) 30 www.RunningCompany.de 02:56:23
3 Ursella, Laura (ITA) 35 Atletica Buja-Treppo Grande 02:56:52
4 Schwalbe, Ulrike (DEU) 30 CLV Megware 03:00:13
5 Stockhecke, Mona (DEU) HK 03:01:28
6 Schüßler-Kafka, Monika (DEU) 40 SV Inning 03:01:39
7 Firsching, Cornelia (DEU) 35 LG Telis Finaz 03:03:07
8 Schmid, Heike (DEU) 40 03:07:06
9 Kleiner, Yvonne (DEU) 30 TSV Trochtelfingen 03:11:27
10 Hanspeter, Kathrin (ITA) HK Lauffreunde Sarntal 03:12:01
11 Auer-Gerber, Barbara (DEU) 45 TG Viktoria Augsburg 03:12:12
12 Hiegel, Ginette (FRA) 40 Eichelthal 03:12:46
13 Wohlwend, Ursula (LIE) 35 03:12:58
14 Falkenstein, Dorothea (DEU) 40 TV Maikammer 03:14:25
15 Lupke, Anne (DEU) HK ERGO Sports 03:16:12
16 Mair, Sonia (ITA) 35 Polisportiva Vipiteno 03:17:25
17 Liebendörfer, Martina (DEU) 45 SV Böblingen 03:17:44
18 Riedl, Andrea (DEU) 50 TG Viktoria Augsburg 03:18:30
19 Maier-Kling, Isolde (DEU) 35 SV Birkenhard 03:19:06
20 Kiser, Gabi (DEU) 40 SV Inning 03:19:17

10K men:
1 Hallmann, Sebastian (DEU) 30 LG Stadtwerke München 00:30:09
2 Schreindl, Tobias (DEU) HK TV Hauzenber 00:31:57
3 Hopfner, Johann (DEU) 50 LLC Marathon Regensburg 00:32:27
4 Greiner, Christopher (DEU) 35 LG Stadtwerke München 00:33:25
4 Schnurrenberger, Sebastian (DEU) HK FTSV 1922 Straubing e.V. 00:33:25
6 Seidl, Harald (DEU) 40 LG Stadtwerke München 00:33:26
7 Gröschl, Anton (DEU) 45 PTSV Rosenheim 00:33:33
8 Sonneck, Jürgen (DEU) 40 LG Stadtwerke München 00:33:43
9 Habel, Jürgen (DEU) 40 Intersport Reiser Lauf… 00:34:23
10 Picaud, Denis (FRA) 35 00:34:26

10K women:
1 Weniger, Julia (DEU) JA TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:39:17
2 Stöckmann, Petra (DEU) 30 TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:39:29
3 Brandl, Kristina (DEU) HK 00:40:47
4 Grosskreutz, Anja (DEU) HK MC-Menden 00:40:59
5 Roeter, Esther (USA) HK 00:41:16
6 Hofmann, Marion (DEU) 45 TG Viktoria Augsburg 00:41:27
7 Heilwagen, Kamila (POL) 30 00:42:19
8 Schenk, Marina (DEU) 30 TSV Dinkelsbühl 00:42:20
9 Anthony, Christine (GBR) 45 st edmund pacers 00:42:32
10 Ertl-Walder, Claudia (AUT) 35 LG-Decker Itter 00:42:42

full results of the race muenchen.mikatiming.de