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German runner Sabrina Mockenhaupt is hoping to end up on the
podium at the 37th edition of the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON. Aiming for a
personal best she is facing stiff competition tough by three Ethiopian
women and one runner from Japan. Mockenhaupt ran her PR 2008 by winning
the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:26:22 hrs making her the number two female
German marathon runner behind Irina Mikitenko (who is running Chicago two
weeks later). Main contenders on the flat and fast Berlin course are
Bezunesh Bekele (27) who placed 4th at the Virgin London Marathon in
April and owns a PR of 2:23:09 hrs. Aberu Kebede came in 2nd at the Dubai
Marathon in January clocking a PR of 2:24:26 hrs and Genet Getaneh's PB is
at 2:26:27 hrs. Tomo Morimoto (Japan) won the Vienna City Marathon in 2006
clocking a PR of 2:24:33 hrs.