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One participant will also be running “his“ 30th anniversary

marathon at the 30th real,- BERLIN MARATHON on September 28.

Bernd Hübner has participated in every marathon since the "First

Berlin Peoples Marathon" on October 13, 1974, which started with 286

participants at Waldschulallee 80. He had been a rower at the club BRC, when a

friend convinced him to run. He ran 3:38:06 at his premiere in 1974 with new

shoes, in which he of course got blisters. He has since learned what shoes to

wear, as he has run numerous big races around the world.

Bernd Hübner will start with the green race number “201“.

The numbers starting at 201 are reserved for members of the exclusive BERLIN

MARATHON Jubilee Club, which they can keep forever. Whoever has successfully

finished the BERLIN MARATHON 10 times is admitted into the Jubilee Club. There

are now 1,150 members from 14 countries (74 female and 1060 male runners, and

16 male wheelchair competitors). Closely following Bernd Hübner are

Günter Hallas (425) and Wilfried Köhnke (415), both from Berlin, who

have participated 27 times, Heinz-Joachim Giesler (203) and Heinrich Waldmann

(202) follow with 26 times. Bernd Rödel (206) and Werner Feistel (207)

have made it 25 times through the finish of the BERLIN MARATHON.

All those named will be running this year as well. Günter Hallas (LG

Nord) is, by the way, the winner of the “First Berlin Peoples

Marathon“ in 1974. He ran in 2:44:53 – and is not significantly

slower today. Christl Heine (F 101) leads the women with 22 times, ahead of

Regina Sowinski (F 102) and Hannelore Reusch (F 103), both with 20. In 1974,

there were only 10 women among the 286 participants. All three Berliners are

running in this years anniversary marathon. In addition to their green race

number on their front, all club members will have an additional bib for their

back with the club logo, their name, and the number of times they have

completed the race.

55 potential "new" member of the Jubilee Club will be running on

September 28, already who have successfully run the BERLIN MARATHON 9 times.

They will be able to get their “letters of appointment“ shortly

after crossing the finish line.