The 26-year-old caused in 2008 with a strong marathon debut caused a sensation. In the interview he says, what he fought for the Athletics World Cup to make and where its weaknesses lie. In addition, he has great tips for amateur runners.Hi André! The Frankfurter Rundschau compared you to your great marathon debut in Frankfurt, with the Olympic champion Dieter Baumann, and the headline "One like Baumann." How do you cope with this comparison, and as to what kind of race types would you characterize it?
André Pollmächer: Dieter Baumann is Olympic champion, he is a completely different league, with him, I can no way compare. The only sure where we are very similar, is the professionalism that is competitive in the day must be set.
With Falk Cierpinski, Martin Beckmann, Stefan Koch, and you already have four runners at the World Cup has remained standard. How do you your position in the German elite runners?
Pollmächer: After my second marathon in Dusseldorf, I have the "leadership" over, and that is also a part of goal. I have the great advantage that I have better sub-distance quality than any other German marathon runner and I am firmly convinced that the best coach to have.
What role does your coach Bernd Diessner that you discovered? As you can imagine the relationship?
Pollmächer: Diessner Lord, I have my entire sport, and partly due to personal development. He has always been the best for me extracted, has day and night, thought, there was never any downtime methodically. Marathon was also new for him, but he has again found a very good concept, which fits exactly on me. Our relationship is perfect, as it is between coach and athlete presented. Mr. Diessner must obviously also a hard tone to the day, because over an absolute field discipline is needed, and in the last ten years with him was not anything on the highest level of harmony. But it has brought me, and I am very grateful to him.
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