This is why most Marathon world records are made and broken in Berlin

On Sunday 28th September 2014 at Berlin City in Germany during the annual Berlin marathon, a Kenyan Dennis Kimetto broke the world record only one year after his compatriot Wilson Kipsang’ broke another record in the same course. Kimetto’s feat was the fifth in the last eight previous years and each time it was on the same course making Berlin a different and unique course for breaking world marathon records.

The Berlin Marathon started in 1974 with a total 284 athletes and ran through Berlin’s nearby villages. In 1981 it moved to the city streets and now attracts more than 70,000 athletes every year.