Press Release - Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon - 7/25/07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                Dieter Baumann gives it one more try at 
                 Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon

Olympic Champion Dieter Baumann will run the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt 
Marathon on 28th October. Four years ago Baumann had officially ended his 
carreer, during which he had won the Olympic gold medal in Barcelona's 
5,000 m final in 1992 but had failed to complete a marathon. Dieter Baumann 
has never stopped running since then and has taken part in a number of road 
races. Though his training is of course less intense than in former times 
he is still in fine form.  

When Dieter Baumann ran his highly anticipated marathon debut in Hamburg in 
2002 it turned out to be a major disappointment. He gave up after 34 
kilometres and did not try again. None the less the aim of running and 
completing a marathon has never disappeared. "Obviously today I am a fun 
runner, running is my hobby," the 42 year-old explains. But he also says: 
"You know that I am ambitioned and that I still like running fast." Baumann 
also said that after dropping out in Hamburg the chapter of marathon 
running had never been closed for him.

Asked about times Baumann remained relatively reserved. But he thinks that 
a result of about 2:40 hours should be possible. Running for various 
charties he will collect 1,000 Euros (about 1,350 US Dollar) for each 
minute he goes sub 3:00 hours. If he could run 2:40 on the flat course of 
the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon that would generate 20,000 Euros.

Organisers experience high demand from fun runners

While the defending champion Wilfred Kigen (Kenya) will go for a hattrick 
on 28th October the organisers of the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon 
experience a much higher interest from fun runners as well. Compared to the 
same time last year entry figures for Germany's oldest city marathon race 
are up by 15 percent. In 2006 the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon had 
a record number of 11,230 entries. So it looks again very much like a 
participation record. 

Since a marathon relay will be included in the Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt 
Marathon again overall entry figures are even higher up compared to last 
year. "Altogether we have about 20 percent more entries. We had hoped to 
improve slightly on last year's figures but did not expect such high 
demand. This is a fantastic development," said Race Director Jo Schindler. 
Online registration for the 26th Dresdner Kleinwort Frankfurt Marathon is 
available at: www.frankfurt-marathon.com.  

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