It won’t be long now. The 35th Mainova Frankfurt Marathon is on in less than 100 days. Preparations are on their way and our organizing team is going full speed. No matter if you’re old or young, if your are going over the distances of 4,2 or 42,195 kilometres, if you are participating as a ganzen Artikel lesen…

For most of you it the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon won’t be the first competition of the year. So today, we’ll lay the focus of this article on race day nutrition. Before we get into details, you should bear in mind that the best food strategy for a competition is the one you’ve already successfully implemented. ganzen Artikel lesen…

It was a typical new year’s resolution. Four years ago Benjamin Schütz proclaimed to his stunned mates: „I will run a marathon.“ It could have been on of these sentences that are easily forgotten with the next day’s hangover. But still in January Benjamin registered for the Frankfurt Marathon – also because his sister lives ganzen Artikel lesen…

The Struwwelpeter Run for kids between 5 to 9 years has become a tradition in Frankfurt. And this year we will do it on Saturday, October 29th again. The 420 meter long race starts at 11:30 outside the Festhalle and ends inside at the original finish line of the Frankfurt Marathon. Parents and friends can ganzen Artikel lesen…

According to the German Nutrition Foundation adults should get between 50-55% of dietary energy from carbohydrates. For example, if you consume 2000 calories per day 1000 to 1100 calories should come from carbs. They are enormously important for the human body for a number of reasons. Partly because our brain and the red blood cells ganzen Artikel lesen…

Krombacher Alkoholfrei is joins the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon as this year’s beer partner and sponsor for the first time and they want to celebrate it. With a little bit of luck you can enter the race for free with Krombacher Alkoholfrei by taking part in the lottery. 15 free race entries will be given away ganzen Artikel lesen…

Starting next week our partners and sponsors (e.g. ASICS, BMW, Polar Deutschland, Mövenpick Hotel Frankfurt City, Frankfurter Rundschau) will offer you the chance to win great prizes every week. 35 questions about 35 years of Frankfurt Marathon: 35 prizes. Head over to your  Facebook page to win, it will start next week (calender week 23). ganzen Artikel lesen…

We value your money and that’s why we try to give you as much for it as we can. Included in the organisation fees is a package that will be hart to find at similar events:Confirmation of registration, programme booklet, free shuttle from the parking garage to the marathon grounds on October 30th, RMV ticket ganzen Artikel lesen…

We roll out the red carpet for you at the unique and overwhelming finish inside the fully occupied ”Festhalle”, which is a more than 100 year-old concert hall on the grounds of the Messe Frankfurt. 7.000 to 8.000 spectators will be waiting there- “Every kilometer for my marathon training, this finish was worth it“ – ganzen Artikel lesen…

The Frankfurt Marathon Club was founded in 2006 on the occasion of the 25th Frankfurt Marathon. It’s a recognition for runners who finished at least ten times in Frankfurt. There is no membership-fee, all members get a poloshirt with their personal race number as well as a few other incentives on the race weekend. Last ganzen Artikel lesen…