FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                      
            Registration Closed: real,- BERLIN-MARATHON 2008 
             Has Reached its Participant Capacity of 40,000

As early as never before the real,- BERLIN-MARATHON has sold out as it has 
reached its participant capacity of 40.000 entries. The race, which is 
celebrating its 35th running this year on September 28th, has been the 
stage of five world records (men and women) in the last ten years. The 
current world record mark of 2:04:26 by Haile Gebrselassie was set on the 
flat and fast Berlin course last year.

A limited number of entries are still available through tour groups, click
here for more information.


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