Marathonloper Martin Laurets the Team Distance Runners (TDR) has, like past years, the Drums Fall City Night Berlin to his name written. The Summer Hilver from the outset took the lead after 10km solo to arrive at an unloaded Kurfürstendamm.In field
The participants of the 18th City Night had a stroke quality made since the previous edition. Where Laurets and teammates last year were the only foreigners in a field of German athletes were this year attracted athletes English, Danish and some runners. Under the British were the 10,000-runners Gareth Raven (29.32), Lee Merrien (29.23) and Phil Nicholls (28.40). This meant that Laurets certainly more competition than would be expected during the past year. The numbers two and three of the 2008 edition was also the departure, the Germans Falk Cierpinski and Stefan Koch. They took a delegation of the German marathon team for the World participated in the contest. In this framework were the German women Sabrina Haupt Mock and Susanne Hahn to the start of the women's field had a strong occupation.
Solo
The strong competition that exists on paper should be turned into reality little tough to Laurets. The TDR-athlete was already in the first hundreds of meters apart from the field and nobody dared to hooks. Thus Laurets walked in his own behind the trai
ler, followed by a group of British athletes, including the Germans and Cierpinski Koch, a few seconds. In this way began the 37-year-old to a kilometer long solo journey through the center of Berlin. "It was special to have only one kilometer from head to run," said Laurets. "I had expected that the British were going so bad. For the start they said to me that it is a time of 29 wanted to go around. 'Prima', I said, 'we can best work together. " But an opening mile in 2.50 terrified they will al 'Well, then I can only, I thought. "Atmosphere
The TDR-athlete had enjoyed his lead: "In the car were my mile times on a screen. The organization began as personal shopping services. Suddenly there appeared'4 km we missed ... Sorry Martin! "And" Last Kilometer, Martin Kick Some Ass! "I looked the humor in it." Halfway through, the advantage of Laurets ten seconds behind the next group. Arriving on the Kurfürstendamm ran this lead to more than twenty seconds. The last kilometers to Laurets enjoying accountable. In 29.40 he passed the finish line, well before Merrien and Raven (both 29.57), Nicholls (30.04) and Koch (30.10). "Good that I have been able to prolong my winnings and English boys have reports. We are well on the road to the marathon. "The title defender won just like last year the atmosphere in the German capital on:" It was really beautiful, what an atmosphere! I'm always talking about where those 50,000 public man suddenly come from. It is really senseless shame you in this great World Cup atmosphere can not see. "
Final Sprint
Besides Laurets took another three TDR-athletes participating in the City Night Run. Rens Dekkers ran the race in the context of preparations for the marathon and started his match in a group that fought for the tenth place. The Bakkummer knew this position does not hold, plagued by cramps had his pace in the last two miles to slow down. This Dekkers was in the final phase of prey teammate Alwin Green, from the twentieth position came up. What resulted was a final sprint in the last 100 meters and the advantage was clearly decided by Green: 32.29 to 32.33.
High temperatures
Green had enjoyed the game and organization: "It was a really good game with many beautiful public and wide streets. In addition, the organization was perfectly arranged. As for my race I had hoped to be faster and throw to my PR, but the feeling about the race was very good. "Green was referring to the moderate times listed were: almost everyone gave ample time on his personal record. Perhaps played the high temperatures, which many stomach cramps and stabbing gave (including Falk Cierpinski), in a role. Also Esther Schipper said here last to have had. After 4km, she already in trouble, and its game completed in a very moderate 39.39.
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