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Very fast times and thrilling races are expected at the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday. Just a year after Yalemzerf Yehualaw set a sensational course record of 2:17:23, which at that time was an unofficial world debut record as well, a fellow-Ethiopian will be at the start line, hoping to smash the mark:

The jubilee edition of the Vienna City Marathon will most likely see an attack on the course record in the men’s race. Kenyan favorites Bethwell Yegon and Samwel Mailu are expected to run a pace that will be in the region of the 2:05:41 mark.

Carolyn Mather covered the 127th Boston Marathon for RunBlogRun in 2023. Carolyn has written for RunBlogRun before. Many will remember her writing, for decades for Running Journal, the iconic Southern Running magazine published by Bruce Morrison. In this feature, Carolyn gives us the story on the Elite Women’s race! 

The course record and the Austrian record could be under threat at Sunday’s Vienna City Marathon and with them two major barriers that are ten minutes apart.

Carolyn Mather covered the 127th Boston Marathon for RunBlogRun in 2023. Carolyn has written for RunBlogRun before. Many will remember her writing, for decades for Running Journal, the iconic Southern Running magazine published by Bruce Morrison. In this feature, Carolyn gives us the story on the Elite Women’s race! 

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