Marathon-News

About good and bad carbohydrates

What are carbohydrates anyway? Should they be part of our diet or something to be avoided? During the next weeks we will bring you up to speed on carbs in a series of articles. In order to get energy our body uses so-called macronutrients which, among others, are protein, fat and carbohydrates. Because carbs usually ganzen Artikel lesen…

Mainova is new Title Sponsor of Frankfurt Marathon

The Frankfurt Marathon has a new title sponsor for its 35th and latest edition. Mainova AG will make its debut as title sponsor for the anniversary race on 30 October, 2016. The contract will run until 2018. The announcement marks a new chapter in the longstanding and proven partnership between Germany’s oldest city marathon and ganzen Artikel lesen…

Tell us your personal story from 35 years of Frankfurt Marathon history

How time flies. From 1981, when it was labeled the Hoechst Marathon, until today the Frankfurt Marathon has not only grown into an internationally recognized sporting event. Every year since then it has been a breeding ground for tens of thousands of personal stories most of which have never been told. So, when on October ganzen Artikel lesen…

Marathon Project 2016 – A new beginning

If you run a marathon you should do it right! Pro tipp: train with like-minded people and with a professional coaching team. That’s basically the concept of our traditional and long-running (pun intended) Marathon Project that will prepare you for the Frankfurt Marathon in theory and practice. Within six months we bring the participants of ganzen Artikel lesen…

This is your day – October 30th – be there!

This is your day – That’s our motto for the Frankfurt Marathon 2016. We’re counting only 250 days between today and your moment at the starting line on October 30th 2016 in Frankfurt. As a foretaste of what’s to come we’ve produced a short trailer – watch and enjoy! Just in case you have not ganzen Artikel lesen…

German championships 2016 and 2017 in Frankfurt

The German championships will be held in Frankfurt in 2016 and the following year as well. „It’s always nice if you can integrate championships into a mass event like Germany’s oldest city marathon“, says Race Director Jo Schindler. „This is a good opportunity for the German Athletics Association“. The German championships have already seen a ganzen Artikel lesen…

Fund raiser brings €24,000 for Caritas

All in all €24,000 were raised for the Frankfurt branch of Caritas, a non-profit social service organisation.Race Director Jo Schindler from the organizing agency „motion events“ and Aline Boike, representing the marathon team from Procter & Gamble on Monday gave the money to Gaby Hagmans, director of Caritas Frankfurt. The money was raised through inidividual ganzen Artikel lesen…

Frankfurter Laufshop: ASICS Foot-ID in March

On March 21th and 22th 2016 the ASICS Foot-ID makes a stop at the Frankfurter Laufshop. Everyone who wants to get a foot measuring for getting new running shoes must make an appointment in advance. Send us an email (team@frankfurter-laufshop.de) or call 069 48 98 28 33. Große Friedberger Str. 37-39, Nähe Konstablerwache, 60313 Frankfurt/Main ganzen Artikel lesen…

Frankfurt Marathon 2016 – registration is open!

Online registration for the 35th Frankfurt Marathon 2016 is started. All registration can be done on our homepage. The Frankfurt Marathon 2016 takes place on October 30th 2016. Online registration for the relay marathon, Mainova Mini-Marathon (10 to 16 year old, 8 Euro) and the Struwwelpeter-run powered by Mainova (5 to 9 year old, free) ganzen Artikel lesen…

Result booklet is ready

Stories, numbers, facts, names and photos – all that is in the after race magazin of the Frankfurt Marathon 2015, this year in a digital version. Here you find the result booklet as “flip catalogue”. Also you can download a PDF version (16,5 MB) We start the delivery of the personal certificates for the marathon runners ganzen Artikel lesen…