Frankfurt Marathon Diary: A view of the elite and pacemakers heading to Frankfurt marathon start

Good morning from Frankfurt. Here’s an Instagram video i did 90 minutes before the race as elite athletes, pacemakers and media headed to the start! The weather is windy, about 47 degrees and the roads are slick. Runners will have to be very careful in the conditions. Watch our live social media coverage of the event!

One more thing! I messed up on runner who I was told would win! Mark Lokwanamoi, whom Justin Lagat reviewed in 2016 after his run at the Nairobi marathon, is in Frankfurt, and he wants to win!

Here’s the elite field heading to the @frankfurtmarathon ! #frankfurtmarathon, #readytorun, #theshoeaddicts #runblogrun
A post shared by RunBlogRun (@runblogrun) on Oct 29, 2017 at 12:55am PDT

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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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