BMW Frankfurt Marathon 26.10.2014

Since a long time I have had a dream to run a full marathon just to see how it's like. After I heard about Frankfurt marathon I knew that I have no more excuses to avoid participation. Well, now it's not a dream anymore cause it's done. To be said in short: in a mentally twisted way it was fun.

Before the run posing with the best cheerleaders ever !

Short mental notes along the track:
First 10km I felt unbeatable. I was a superman continuously passing other runners and smiling for them. Looking back I suffered from the first-timers syndrome and started way too fast (44:13).

Still going strong

Half marathon (21,1km) And still the same problem. The only difference between the first and the second 10km was that later I realized that I can't keep on the same pace and I will hit the dead wall in some time. Still I wasn't scared of that wall but now I wish I knew what was coming. (1:32:49).

30km Marathon starts now. Before the run this was my longest run ever and to be honest it didn't feel that bad. Oh boys, when I realized how far it is still to go. Started to slow down a bit on purpose to same some energy and decided to take the risk of eating energy gels and drinking other than water despite I don't do it regularly. Legs started to feel ein bisschen stiff but still not too bad (2:12:27).

Not so funny anymore

42km Last 10km was the biggest fysical and mental fight against pain in my entire life. The pace slowed down (not on purpose this time) and the only thing that kept me going was to know that there will be another drinking station soon. I was totally wasted and in huge pain in quads as well as calves. Both legs cramping on every step but again, despite the pain I could secretly enjoy the feeling at the same time. Knowing that there are no energy left. At finishing line I didn't have any emotions or thoughts. The feeling was empty (3:20:41).

Finnish at finish

Split	time of day	time	diff	min/km	km/h
5 km	10:24:55	00:22:25	22:25	04:29	13.39
10 km	10:46:43	00:44:13	21:48	04:22	13.76
15 km	11:08:07	01:05:37	21:24	04:17	14.02
20 km	11:29:48	01:27:18	21:41	04:21	13.84
Halb	11:34:39	01:32:09	04:51	04:26	13.54
25 km	11:51:56	01:49:26	17:17	04:26	13.55
30 km	12:14:57	02:12:27	23:01	04:37	13.04
35 km	12:40:52	02:38:22	25:55	05:12	11.57
40 km	13:09:30	03:07:00	28:38	05:44	10.48
netto	13:23:12	03:20:41	13:41	06:15	9.62

Here are some more personal detail from the official websites (pictures, videos..):
http://live.frankfurt-marathon.com/2014/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=9999990AEF466A0000598376&lang=EN&event=L

Here you can see the route map and more information of the run:
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move44167159

Finish

...and after

Summing up: the weather was perfect, the track relatively flat and the atmosphere good. Nice event, good experiences and looking forward to the next run!