Eliud Kipchoge, Berlin 2013, photo by PhotoRun.net

The team at BBC World Service are some of the most innovative people in sports media. They capture the essence of our sport with audio clips from around the world. I was lucky enough to spend time with them in Beijing and enjoy the fast pace and focus on detail. Ed Harry is the man you hear much of the time and his partners in sports radio are superb!

Here is the page that they did on the upcoming Berlin Marathon! Enjoy listening to some really exciting stories on the 2015 Berlin Marathon this weekend!

Here is the link that Ed Harry provided on their Berlin coverage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2fVlBr17bKP85tgl0Gy1dvf/how-to-break-a-record-in-berlin

We have broken it up below for you:

How to Break a Record in Berlin

The men’s marathon world record has been broken on SIX separate occasions in Berlin. So what is it about this

particular race that enables the shortest times in the longest race.

Sportshour’s Ed Harry on the route of the iconic Berlin Marathon

Berlin Race Director, Mark Milde on how to design a course that breaks records

Berlin Marathon: 3 Days Before Unification

Thomas Steffens ran the 1990 Berlin Marathon three days before German reunification.

There were still border controls… The authorities were still there… The uniforms were the same, but the
runners were very excited
Thomas Steffens

Thomas Steffens ran the marathon in 1990, three days before the reunification of Germany. Running into East Berlin,

checkpoints still in place, and back with the finish moved to the Brandenburg Gate.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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