“On your marks, get set, go!” Or, as we say in German: “In places! Prepared!”
The 51st Berlin Marathon was going on Sunday morning, with more than 55,000 runners making their way through the roads of the capital.
Starting from the famous Brandenberg Gate, the runner will head towards the west through the tierrton before starting a clockwise loop around the center of the city, which will pass through the districts of Moabit, Pranzalaur Berg, Fredrichane, Crassberg, Nucle, Shonneburg, STGLIT, Charlotten, Finishing.
Last year’s Berlin Marathon witnessed a dual victory for Ethiopia, in which Milesa Mengsha won the men’s race (2:03:17) and conquered Tagist Katema in favor of women (2:16:42).
But most of the participants will go aim for fairly slow time , Or really just to finish.
They will be happy with hundreds of thousands of viewers along the route, while the assistants will be distributed 120,000 bananas, 80,000 apples and 1.25 million cups of water to keep the runners energy and hydrated.
For the German weather service (DWD), this year’s race is one of the hottest ever, with Berlin enjoying late summer temperatures between 23–29 ° C (73–84 ° F).
Famous faces participating include former footballer Andre Shurley (a German World Cup winner in 2014) and Felix Cross (troubled by former Real Madrid star Tony).