All My Marathons
I started running marathons in 2001 and currently run one per year. Marathons for me fulfill in large part the natural human desire for pilgrimage, which our secular society has lost touch with for the most part. Since I combine my marathons with traveling to another country, learning about the city I will run in, and becoming as fluent in the language as I can, it's a year-long physical and intellectual preparation culminates with the excitement of getting on the plane and flying off to the Holy Land, so to say, to be put before the test.
The excitement of traveling and arriving and being in a foreign country at some point turns to a certain amount of fear and doubt as the start of the race approaches, and I experience the uncertainty that I will be able to complete the full 42.195 kilometers again. And after the 30K point, the race increasingly becomes a spiritual test as your physical being is gradually reduced to exhaustion as you begin to rely on your spirit and will to keep taking one more step, at some point imploring God to allow you to continue on. And when you finally see the 42K sign and have only 195 more meters to go, the fear of having to quit turns into the realization that you are going to finish, in Athens this point was running into the Panathenaic Stadium, in Rome it was running down the Via dei Fori Imperiali towards the the Colosseum, and in Berlin it was running through the Brandenburg Gate, all unforgettable moments of peaking exhaustion, joy and gratefulness of being able to finish another marathon.
The excitement of traveling and arriving and being in a foreign country at some point turns to a certain amount of fear and doubt as the start of the race approaches, and I experience the uncertainty that I will be able to complete the full 42.195 kilometers again. And after the 30K point, the race increasingly becomes a spiritual test as your physical being is gradually reduced to exhaustion as you begin to rely on your spirit and will to keep taking one more step, at some point imploring God to allow you to continue on. And when you finally see the 42K sign and have only 195 more meters to go, the fear of having to quit turns into the realization that you are going to finish, in Athens this point was running into the Panathenaic Stadium, in Rome it was running down the Via dei Fori Imperiali towards the the Colosseum, and in Berlin it was running through the Brandenburg Gate, all unforgettable moments of peaking exhaustion, joy and gratefulness of being able to finish another marathon.
#27 2019-02-17 Sevilla Marathon 04:29:43
#26 2018-04-22 Marathon de Nantes 05:05:54
#25 2017-04-09 Zurich Marathon 04:48:23
#24 2016-09-25 Warsaw Marathon 04:48:27
#23 2015-11-08 Athens Marathon 05:09:05
#22 2015-03-15 Barcelona Marathon 04:27:57
#21 2014-03-23 Rome Marathon 04:21:17
#20 2013-10-06 Bremen Marathon 04:28:33
#19 2013-04-28 Madrid Marathon 04:21:12
#18 2012-09-30 Berlin Marathon 04:13:46
#17 2012-04-15 Paris Marathon 04:46:58
#16 2011-09-25 Berlin Marathon 04:31:35
#15 2011-04-17 Vienna Marathon 04:36:52
#14 2010-09-26 Berlin Marathon 05:01:04
#13 2010-05-16 Regensburg Marathon 04:22:55
#12 2009-09-20 Berlin Marathon 05:05:23
#11 2009-04-26 Hamburg Marathon 04:45:37
#10 2008-09-28 Berlin Marathon 04:15:45
#09 2008-05-04 Hannover Marathon 04:45:32
#08 2007-09-30 Berlin Marathon 04:14:28
#07 2007-05-19 Luxembourg Marathon 04:40:10
#06 2006-10-08 Munich Marathon 04:27:00
#05 2006-09-24 Berlin Marathon 04:15:56
#04 2005-09-25 Berlin Marathon 04:33:11
#03 2004-09-26 Berlin Marathon 04:04:02
#02 2002-09-29 Berlin Marathon 04:57:15
#01 2001-09-30 Berlin Marathon 05:01:50
Possible future marathons:
- APR 07, 2019: Rotterdam Marathon, Netherlands
- MAY 26, 2019: Farsund Marathon, Norway
- JUN 30, 2019: St. Petersburg Marathon, Russia
- OCT 20, 2019: Lisbon Marathon, Portugal
Gisi's and My Half Marathons -------------------------------------- #1 2013-04-07 - Berlin Half Marathon - 02:24:49 #2 2014 - Berlin Half Marathon - 02:25:06 #3 2015 - BIG 25 - 02:57:52 (half 02:26:41) #4 2015 - Müggelsee Half Marathon - 02:32:24 #5 2016 - Berlin Half Marathon - 02:31:38 #6 2017 - Berlin Half Marathon - 02:23:39 #7 2018 - Hamburg Half Marathon - 02:23:19
Possible future half-marathons:
- MAR 17, 2019: Athens Half Marathon, Greece
- APR 06, 2019: Prague Half Marathon, Czech Republic
- APR 06, 2019: Innsbrucker Half Marathon, Austria
- 13 Uhr
- cheap Easy-J
- APR 07, 2019: Berlin Half Marathon, Berlin
- APR 14, 2019: Poznan Half Marathon, Poland
- train: 3 hours
- time limite: 3 hours
- APR 14, 2019: Innsbrucker Happy Half Marathon, Austria
- 13:00 start
- cheap easyjet flights Thursday - Tuesday (but not Saturday)
- Google Earth map of race
- need to finish in 02:30:00, but flat
- MAY 19, 2019: Salzburg Half Marathon, Austria
- 2 Reisdenden, Bahn, Hin- und Rückfahrt 83,60€
- SAT 06:01 - 12:42
- WED 11:06 - 17:29
- (same weekend as Frauenlauf)
- JUN 30, 2019: Geneva Half Marathon, Switzerland
- OCT 20, 2019: Royal Parks Half Marathon, London
Gisi's Other Races -------------------------------------- 2009-05-16 5K Frauenlauf - 00:31:29 2010-05-28 5K Frauenlauf - 00:31:55 2011-05-14 5K Frauenlauf - 00:33:17 2011-10-20 10K Berlin LightRun - 01:01:36 (5K = 00:29:50) 2012-05-12 10K Frauenlauf - 01:05:37 2012-09-09 5K Tierpark - 00:31:07 2012-10-10 10K ASICS Grand - 01:02:32 (5K = 00:30:09) 2012-11-04 14K Teltowlauf - 01:08:00 (14K = 01:35:12) 2012-08-26 10K SportScheck - 01:04:49 (10.5 kilometers = 01:08:04, 6:28 pace) 2013-05-04 10K Frauenlauf - 01:03:16 2013-10-13 10K ASICS Grand - 01:00:27 (5K = 00:29:41) 2013-10-06 10K Bremen - 01:12:58 2014-05-10 10K Frauenlauf - 01:07:52 2015-05-17 10K Frauenlauf - 01:02:58 2016-05-10 10K Frauenlauf - 01:08:25 2017-05-20 10K Frauenlauf - 01:01:32 2017-09-17 10K Berlin Life Run - 01:08:07 2018-03-24 10K Störitzsee Lauf 01:06:24 2018-05-26 10K Frauenlauf - 01:04:30 2018-07-01 10K Campus Run - 01:05:31 (officially 01:07:54, - 2:23 verlaufen) 2018-08-26 10K SportScheck - 01:05:02 (10.5 kilometers = 01:08:18, 6:30 pace) 2018-11-11 10K Tegeler Forst Crosslauf 01:07:55 2018-12-09 15K Plänterwald Run 01:39:35 2019-01-13 10K Caputher Seelauf 01:05:39
Hannah's Runs
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2012-05-26 5K Frauenlauf 00:33:44
2012-09-09 5K Tierpark 00:30:40
2012-11-04 7K Teltowlauf 00:43:45
2013-05-13 5K Frauenlauf 00:29:55
2013-10-06 10K Bremen 01:01:14
2014-04-12 10K Airport Run 00:58:34
2014-05-10 10K Frauenlauf 00:59:15
2014-07-26 5K Berlin City Night 00:30:26
2014-10-12 5K First-Half Relay 00:29:20
in the ASICS Grand
2015-05-17 10K Frauenlauf 01:00:57
2016-05-10 10K Frauenlauf 01:02:09
2016-06-04 4.5K Leegebruch ????????
2017-02-17 10K Waren an der Müritz 01:12:33 (-1°C freezing)
2017-05-20 10K Frauenlauf 01:06:52
2017-09-17 5K Berlin Life Run 00:29:07
2017-09-24 4.2K Mini Marathon 00:22:34
(5:22 pace, 5k time = 00:26:52)
2017-10-08 5K Second-Half Relay 00:28:10
in the Great 10K
2017-11-25 5K SCB Berlin Grunewald 00:32:10 (cold and rainy)
2018-02-25 5.6K SCB Teufelsberg 00:42:05 (-7°C at start, up hill twice)
2018-03-24 10K Störitzsee Lauf 01:14:32
2018-04-14 10K Airport Run 01:08:23
2018-05-26 10K Frauenlauf 01:11:14
2018-06-03 10K Potsdamer Schlösserlauf 01:08:06
2018-07-01 10K Freie Universität Run 01:09:48
2018-07-21 5K IKEA Loop 00:35:00 (very warm)
2018-08-26 10K SportScheck 01:08:18
2018-09-08 10K Prague Night Run 01:27:57 (took maximum time due to rash on foot)
2018-10-14 10K Shoreditch Run 01:07:47
2018-11-11 10K Tegel Crosslauf 01:13:31
2018-12-09 5K Plänterwaldlauf 00:35:33 (recovering from cold and cough)
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Hannah's 10K and 15K Runs
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01. 2013-10-06 10K Bremen 01:01:14
02. 2014-04-12 10K Airport Run 00:58:34
03. 2014-05-10 10K Frauenlauf 00:59:15
04. 2015-05-17 10K Frauenlauf 01:00:57
05. 2016-05-10 10K Frauenlauf 01:02:09
06. 2017-02-17 10K Waren an der Müritz 01:12:33
07. 2017-05-20 10K Frauenlauf 01:06:52
08. 2018-03-24 10K Störitzsee Lauf 01:14:32
09. 2018-04-14 10K Airport Run 01:08:23
10. 2018-05-26 10K Frauenlauf 01:11:14
11. 2018-06-03 10K Potsdamer Schlösserlauf 01:08:06
12. 2018-07-01 10K Freie Universität Run 01:09:48
13. 2018-08-26 10K SportScheck 01:08:18
14. 2018-09-08 10K Prague Night Run 01:27:57 (took maximum time due to rash on foot)
15. 2018-10-14 10K Shoreditch Run 01:07:47
16. 2018-11-11 10K Tegel Crosslauf 01:13:31
2018-12-09 5K Plänterwald 00:35:33 (recovering from cold and cough)
17. 2019-01-13 10K Caputher Seelauf 01:05:26
18. 2019-02-10 15K Plänterwaldlauf 01:52:44
19. 2019-03-17 10K Falkensee-to-Spandau 01:07:10
-- An average pace today of 7:30 per kilometer, which, for a half marathon would be a 02:38:33. In the 2018 Berlin Half Marathon this time placed 23155 of 25001 (beat 1846 people) and in the Stockholm Half Marathon it placed 8793 of 8998 (beat 205 people).
Possible November 2018 runs:
- Sun,
Nov 04 : Teltow 7K/14K/21K Lauf: starts 10:30 - Sun,
Nov 11 : Ruder-Club Tegel 10K Crosslauf: starts 10:20, many other runs, for 10K born in 2002 or before, Anmeldeschluss ist Dienstag, der 06. November 2018, best time 35:34, hundreds ran, only 20 slower than 01:10, up north of the airport, would be a new area to see, run is through the forest, 5€ for Hannah, 10€ for Eddie - Sun,
Nov 18 : Tropical Islands: Anmeldeschluss 11.11.2018, a very cool shirt (buy them the day of the race), Aus Sicherheitsgründen kann der Start- und Zielbereich nicht mehr vor dem Tropical Islands stattfinden, 10:30, 40€ for Hannah, 50€ for Eddie, Der Eintritt ins Tropical Islands ist erst nach Abschluss des jeweiligen Laufes, frühestens jedoch 15 Minuten nach dem Start möglich.
Possible December 2018 runs:
- Sun,
Dec 09 : Plänterwaldlauf 5K/10K/15K/20K: officially 16 for 10K, starts 10:00 for all races at Baumschulenstraße 1, through Plänterwald and Spree Park, view the race results.
Possible January 2019 runs:
- Sun,
Jan 06 , 11:00: BSV 1892 Leichtathletik 10K (PDF). But these runners are fast, the third from last came in at 01:02 (results 2018), although it is in Stadion Wilmersdorf, close to home. - Sun,
Jan 13 , 10:30: Caputher 10K Seelauf Online-Meldeschluss: 10.01.2019 23 Uhr, you run around the Caputher See - Sun,
Jan 20 , 10:30: 47. Winterwaldlauf des VfV Spandau Online-Meldeschluss: 10.01.2019 23 Uhr, you Streckenplan- 07:31 LEAVE Bus 187 - 07:45
- 07:52 Kleistpark U7 - 8:32
- 08:46 Rathaus Spandau Bus 136 - 08:55
- 9:00 be at Helen-Keller-Weg 11 to pick up number, 10 EUR.
- Die Startnummern können am Sonntag, den 20.01.2019 ab 9.00 Uhr ausschließlich im Vereinsheim des VfV Spandau, Helen-Keller-Weg 11, 13587 Berlin abgeholt werden. Direkt am Start werden k e i n e Startnummern ausgegeben. Das Vereinsheim liegt auf dem Weg zum Start in der Wichernstraße auf der linken Seite.
- 10:30 START 5K
- 15K to 13:31, 14:31, 15:31 Ferry
- 16K Wannsee to home
- 5K+15K+16K = 36K
- 17:00 HOME
February 2019:
- Sun,
Feb 10 , 10:00: Plänterwaldlauf 5K/10K/15K/20K.
March 2019:
- Sun,
Mar 17 , 11:00: Falkensee bis Spandau 10K.- t-shirt
- map
- we need Real-Time-ChampionChip
- Car2Go to Spandau
- 09:40-09:45 RE train from Spandau to Falkensee
- 09:57-10:05 RB train from Spandau to Falkensee
- Nummer abholen: 9:00 Uhr bis 10:30 Uhr Sunday
- 11:00 Start an der Stadthalle in Falkensee
- Der 10 km Start in Falkensee ist am Be sten mit der Regionalbahn ab U- und S-Bahnhof Rathaus Spandau bis Bahnhof Falkensee zu erreichen. Busverbindungen bestehen ab Spandau mit dem
Bus 337 . - Der 5 km Start ist mit dem
Bus 337 ab Rathaus Spandau bis zur Haltestelle Freudstraße zu erreichen. Von der Haltestelle sind es etwa 150 m (Richtung Falkensee) bis zum Start. - Bus 337 route
- ÖPN Karte
- Bus 337, every 60 minutes on Sunday
- Anmeldung
- Sun,
Mar 24 , 10:00: Müggelturm 5K, 10K, Halbmarathon.
April 2019:
- Sat,
Apr 13 , 10:30: Fontane Lauf 15K (SAME DAY AS POSNAN HALF MARATHON)- in Rauen, out east of Berlin near Fürstenwalde
- two older men finished 2:03 and 2:17
- no chips or responders
- 8 Euros
- Eine 15 km Rundstrecke, die ein- bzw. zweimal zu durchlaufen ist. Man läuft überwiegend auf Waldwegen, ca. 2 km Asphalt. Die Strecke ist teilweise bergig und mit mittleren bis größeren Anstiegen versehen.
- sign up here
- sign up before 08. April 2019 um 12 Uhr
- Sun,
Apr 28 , 10:00: RBB Potsdam Drittel-Marathon (14K)- cool shirt
- medal
- Start und Ziel: Glienicker Brücke
- Age Limit: 14
- time limit: 2 hours
- 22 euro, 12 euro
- Startnummer mit EasyChip
- 7:30-9:50 pick up Startunterlagen
- anmelden
May 2019:
- Sat,
May 18 , 18:00: Frauenlauf 10K.
June 2019:
- Sat,
Jun 01 , 18:00: Monschau Mittsommernachtslauf Drittel-Marathon (14K)- Monschau is on the German/French border, below Aachen
- results: last in was 01:47:00
- 7 hours with the Bahn, 3x Umsteigen: 7:49-15:36, 30 euros
- Airbnb 35 Euros
- Sun,
Jun 02 , ???: Uferbahnlauf 10K.
July 2019:
- Sat,
Jul 06 , 10:00: SCHWERINER FÜNF-SEEN-LAUF 15K.- course is along lakes over islands, etc.
- 8 runners finished in over 2 hours
- age limit: 16 Jahre
- BAHN: Friday, 17:06-18:58, Umsteigen Ludwigslust
- Airbnb 40-50 Euros, 2 beds
August 2019:
- Sat,
Aug 10 , 19:15: Nidda 15K (near Frankfurt) - Fri,
Aug 16 , 20:00: Dresdner 13K Nachtlauf.
September 2019:
- Sat,
Sep 07 , 15:30: Stockholm Half Marathon, Sweden- age limit: 18
- 15,000 runners
- EasyJet: Friday 16:40 - Sunday back at 22:50, 32€ x 4
- Pickup numbers: Friday (11:00-19:00), Saturday (10:00–15:00)
- an average pace of 7:30 per kilometer would be a 02:38:33, in the Stockholm Half Marathon it placed 8793 of 8998 (beat 205 people).
- slowest time last year was 03:02, 30+ over 02:45
Karla's 5K Runs ----------------------------------------- 2011-05 5K Frauenlauf 00:30:44 2012-05-26 5K Frauenlauf 00:31:52 2012-09-09 5K Tierpark 00:32:55 2012-11-04 7K Teltowlauf 00:33:45 FINISH: 00:47:16 2013-05-13 5K Frauenlauf 00:32:47 ...three mini-marathons 2013-10-06 10K Bremen 00:36:25 FINISH: 01:12:51 2016-06-04 4.5K Leegebruch 00:35:23 FINISH: 00:31:51 2015-05-17 5K Frauenlauf 00:38:05 2017-05-20 5K Frauenlauf 00:39:30 2018-05-26 5K Frauenlauf 00:38:53 2019-02-10 5K Plänterwaldlauf 00:38:51 2019-03-17 10K Falkensee-to-Spandau 00:38:01
My 5K Training and Official Runs -------------------------------------- 2010-07-05 23:28 *** 2010-07-07 22:45 *** 2010-07-12 23:50 2010-07-14 24:05 2010-07-22 23:48 2010-08-19 23:47 2010-08-30 23:16 *** 2010-09-03 23:23 *** 2010-09-07 23:27 *** 2010-09-09 22:59 *** 2010-09-17 23:02 *** 2011-02-07 25:45 2011-02-09 24:49 2011-03-08 25:35 2011-03-10 25:47 2011-03-15 25:12 2011-03-22 24:48 2011-03-24 25:42 2011-03-29 25:10 2011-04-04 24:01 2011-04-06 24:35 2011-12-25 24:01 2012-02-12 24:14 2012-09-09 23:21 Tierpark 5K *** 2013-07-09 25:56 2014-05-25 24:00 Firmenlauf 5K 2014-11-01 25:32 2014-11-17 25:25 2014-11-23 24:42 2014-12-14 25:33 2014-12-26 24:50 2015-02-01 25:37 2015-02-08 25:12 2015-02-15 24:59 2015-10-25 26:36 2016-05-16 25:39 2016-05-27 25:10 Firmenlauf 5K 2016-06-05 25:18 2016-06-12 25:11 2016-07-06 24:46 2017-04-30 25:33 2017-05-03 24:45 2017-05-07 24:55 2017-05-11 24:41 2017-05-14 24:58 2017-05-17 24:40 2017-05-21 24:35 2017-10-08 24:37 Great 10K Relay with Hannah 2017-10-23 25:29 (Tiergarten) 2017-11-09 25:01 (Tiergarten) 2017-11-12 24:31 (IKEA) 2017-11-16 24:01 (Tiergarten) 2017-11-18 24:22 (IKEA) 2017-11-22 24:08 (Tiergarten) 2017-11-29 23:48 (Tiergarten) 2017-12-03 23:59 (IKEA) 2017-12-07 24:01 (Tiergarten) 2017-12-10 23:54 (Tiergarten) 2017-12-16 23:48 (IKEA) 2018-01-01 24:07 (IKEA) 2018-01-04 23:59 (Tiergarten) 2018-01-07 23:17 (IKEA) *** 2018-01-04 23:38 (Tiergarten) *** 2018-01-14 23:19 (IKEA) *** 2018-02-03 24:28 (Tiergarten) ... 25:53 (IKEA) 2018-02-18 24:26 (IKEA) 2018-03-04 24:54 (IKEA) 2018-03-06 24:18 (IKEA) 2018-03-08 24:11 (IKEA) 2018-03-10 24:30 (Tiergarten...after 10K through Berlin) 2018-03-12 24:19 (IKEA) 2018-03-15 23:54 (IKEA) 2018-03-18 23:55 (IKEA) 2018-03-18 23:58 (IKEA) 2018-03-20 23:41 (IKEA) ...13K... 27:27 (Tiergarten) 2018-03-26 23:38 (IKEA) *** 2018-03-30 23:27 (IKEA) *** 2018-04-02 23:44 (IKEA) 2018-04-07 23:42 (IKEA) 2018-05-12 25:22 (IKEA) 2018-05-12 25:19 (Tiergarten...after 9K through Berlin) 2018-05-20 24:54 (IKEA) 2018-05-27 24:45 (IKEA) 2018-05-17 27:02 (IKEA...after 13K through Berlin in 28°C) 2018-05-24 25:02 (IKEA) 2018-06-07 25:10 (Tiergarten...after 9K through Berlin) 2018-06-17 25:19 (IKEA) 2018-06-26 24:52 (Tiergarten...after 9K through Berlin) 2018-07-21 25:33 (IKEA) 2018-06-26 25:58 (Tiergarten...after 9K through Berlin) 2018-07-29 25:23 (IKEA) 2018-08-02 25:42 (IKEA...after 7K through Berlin) 2018-08-11 24:58 (IKEA...cooler: 21°C) 2018-08-16 26:47 (Tiergarten...after 14K through Berlin) 2018-08-11 24:55 (IKEA...evening) 2018-08-16 25:27 (Tiergarten...33°C) 2018-08-29 26:24 (IKEA...after 12K warmup run through Berlin) 2018-09-05 24:32 (Tiergarten...no warm-up run) 2018-09-12 24:24 (IKEA...1K warm-up run) 2018-09-23 23:56 (Tiergarten...no warm-up run) 2018-09-26 23:45 (IKEA...1K warm-up run) 2018-09-30 23:53 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2018-10-06 24:17 (IKEA...1K warm-up run) 2018-10-11 23:34 (IKEA...1K warm-up run) 2018-11-08 24:29 (Tiergarten...after 9K through Berlin) 2018-11-18 24:20 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2018-11-22 23:56 (Tiergarten...after 7K through Berlin) 2018-11-25 23:43 (Tiergarten...after 7K through Berlin) 2018-11-29 23:33 (Tiergarten) 2018-12-03 23:58 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2018-12-06 23:50 (Tiergarten...after 7K through Berlin) 2018-12-13 23:48 (Tiergarten) 2018-12-25 23:37 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2019-01-01 23:47 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2019-01-06 23:29 (IKEA...3K warm-up run) 2019-01-09 23:57 (Tiergarten...after 7K through Berlin) 2019-01-20 23:19 Spandauer Winterwaldlauf 2019-01-30 23:44 (Tiergarten) 4-hour marathon pace: 1K = 5:41, 5K = 28:25 5K = 00:28:25 10K = 00:56:50 15K = 01:25:15 20K = 01:53:40 HALF = 02:00:00 25K = 02:22:05 30K = 02:50:30 35K = 03:18:55 40K = 03:47:20 42K = 03:58:41 FULL = 03:59:59 TOP TEN 5K TIMES: #01 2010-07-07 22:45 #02 2010-09-09 22:59 #03 2010-09-17 23:02 #04 2010-08-30 23:16 #05 2018-01-07 23:17 #06 2019-01-20 23:19 Spandauer Winterwaldlauf #07 2018-01-14 23:19 #08 2012-09-09 23:21 #09 2010-09-03 23:23 #10 2010-09-07 23:27 POSSIBLE FUTURE RACES: - MAY 11-12, 2019, half and full - https://www.harmonygenevemarathon.com/en
