MILLION DOLLAR MARATHON MANTHE MARATHON…ACCORDING TO KAFKA
If your name is Ann Smith, Ali Ahmed, or Liu Chen, chances are you’re going to meet quite a few folks with the same moniker in your lifetime. But although Cheruiyot is a common Kenyan name, and there are a lot of good Kenyans among the relatively restricted band of world class marathon runners, you would hardly expect three by the name of Robert K Cheruiyot. ‘Fraid so!
Hence the confusion when Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot won the Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon a year ago in a course record 2.07. 21, and on his debut no less. Sure enough, when the newspaper ‘cuttings’ came through, half the pictures were of Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, four-time winner of the Boston Marathon.
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English Quotes from Friday’s (23.10) Press Conference:
The 2008 men’s winner Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot was in confident mood two days before defending his title:
“When I look at the start list I can see there are a lot of winners in the race and the quality is very high but I’m confident I can retain my title.”
“In comparison with last year, my preparation has been just as good if not better.”
“63 minutes for the halfway split is fine with me, that won’t be a problem.”
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Defending champion Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot heads up deep fields in Frankfurt
In his debut, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot smashes Frankfurt record (Victah Sailer)
Frankfurt, Germany - The men’s elite field for this year’s Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon on 25th October includes a remarkable number of 15 athletes with personal bests of sub 2:09.
The Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon, which boosts a new title sponsor, is an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. At the 28th edition of Germany’s oldest city marathon organisers expect a record entry of up to 13,000 runners.
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Elite Field Frankfurt
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