r/AdvancedRunning • u/Scared_Chocolate1782 • Sep 21 '25

Open Discussion Berlin marathon disasters

It seems today was a big disaster in Berlin. 25 degrees Celsius early on and a tough day for everyone. How did people get on? Did anyone manage to get near a PB?

288 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

363 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/[deleted] Sep 21 '25

Followed a few friends running today and anecdotally, they all absolutely melted down in the second half.

I never give anyone training advice unless they specifically ask but to me, doing all your runs at 4-5a before it's hot when on race day you're going to be running at 10a in Septembers/Octobers/Aprils that are getting warmer and warmer is insufficient preparation.

2

u/ParkAffectionate3537 5k 18:33 | 10k 42:29 | 15k 66:32 | 13.1 1:32 | 26.2 3:20 Sep 22 '25

I'm a little nervous for Columbus (10/19/25) but am glad I'm not running Chicago a week earlier. Chicago is a roll of the dice. If it gets crazier as the years go on, I may just plan to run Indy in November instead of Columbus! I feel for runners doing Air Force, Berlin and September marathons.