His friends and running buddies call him "Huebi." Bernd Huebner is Berlin's Marathon Man, the only person to have run every one of the city's marathons since it began in 1974. In those days, the course ran along the Grunewald, not through Berlin's center like it does today, Huebner says. In the early years, there were almost no spectators and the media barely noticed it. At that time marathon runners were regarded as somewhat mad. Running became Huebner's passion in the mid 1960's. The Berliner used to row, but with frozen lakes in the winters, he decided to look for another activity: long-distance running. Huebner, a former telecommunications technician, ran to work every day and arranged his vacations around marathons... Read more
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His time shaved two hundredths of a second off the previous best mark set by Denmark’s Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer in August 1997. In the interview DAvid Rudisha talks about the race and his next targets: World Championships, Olympics and a time under 1:41 min. Download this podcast
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