Driss El Himer, best European runner in the field (PB: 2:06:48 hours)
”I know that Berlin has a very fast course. I am here to attack the European
Record of 2:06:36 hours. I have prepared in France, have been in
high altitude training and I am feeling very well for Sunday.”
Luminita Zaituc, best German runner (PB: 2:26:01 hours)
”I love running and I am very well prepared. I will run my own pace on
Sunday. And I will have two pacemakers, but I will no earlier than right
before the
race decide what split times I want to run. That depends on how I feel.”
Lennart Sponar, fastest Berlin runner, runs his first marathon on Sunday
”I really think that I am prepared very well for Sunday. I am confident to
master the 42 k. I am really looking forward to Sunday.”
Errol Marklein, winner of the real,- BERLIN MARATHON 2004 for handbiker
”Also for us as handicapped people the performance is in the foreground. I
am glad that we are able to present us on such a stage to reach some kind of
normality.”
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann, RBB, Chief Sports Editor
”The real,- BERLIN-MARATHON is the biggest social event in Berlin of 2005.”