Press Release - Frankfurt Marathon - 10/26/17

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    MAINOVA FRANKFURT MARATHON ON SUNDAY:
                 Vivian Cheruiyot eyes fast race in Frankfurt

Vivian Cheruiyot is ready to run fast in Sunday's Mainova Frankfurt 
Marathon. "I am grateful to have been invited to run my second marathon in 
Frankfurt," said the reigning 5,000 m Olympic Champion during a press 
conference in Frankfurt on Thursday. "I have prepared for this race for 
three months and my shape is the same as it was before my debut in London 
in April. My aim is to run a personal best. I know that this is a fast 
course and I believe that Frankfurt provided the best opportunity for me 
this autumn. I go into the race with a good feeling." When she ran her 
debut in London Vivian Cheruiyot placed fourth with 2:23:50.

Asked if she hopes to be as successful in the marathon as she was on the 
track the double World Champions from 2011 (5,000 and 10,000 m) answered: 
"I think I will be good in the marathon in future. My aim is to catch up 
slowly." However Vivian Cheruiyot could well make a big step on Sunday 
provided weather conditions will be favorable. A half way split time of 70 
minutes is planned. "The perfect result for me would then be to run the 
second half again in 70 or even 69 minutes." 

So far no woman has ever broken the 2:20 mark in the Mainova Frankfurt 
Marathon. The current five year-old course record from Ethiopia's Meselech 
Melkamu stands at 2:21:01. Although there are five women in the race with 
personal bests that are faster than Cheruiyot's the Olympic Champion, who 
lives in Kaptagat with her husband and their four year-old son Allan, does 
not bother too much about her rivals: "I run for myself. And I don't know 
in what kind of shape the Ethiopians are anyway."

More Information and online entry is available at: 
www.frankfurt-marathon.com 

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