Overview
- Ringer and Fitwi announced Tuesday that they will target the German record at the Frankfurt Marathon on October 25.
- Race director Jo Schindler said he will build the elite field around the pair to drive record pace and a podium finish.
- Both arrive in top form, with Fitwi placing second in Hamburg in 2:04:45 and Ringer posting a 2:04:47 personal best in Boston.
- They plan to use the European Championships in Birmingham in August as a key tune-up, with both aiming for the podium.
- They are chasing Amanal Petros’s national record of 2:04:03 set in Valencia in December 2025, and Frankfurt has not had a German winner since Michael Fietz in 1997.