2023-04-22 11:19:00
In Boston you wore the carbon shoe Fast R from your outfitter Puma – right?
Hendrik Pfeiffer: Yes, because it helps me to perform at my best. I had something in mind when I switched to Puma. That was not a financial, but a product-oriented decision. If the shoes didn’t work, I wouldn’t have gone there, no matter how much money I was offered. I only signed the contract following testing the shoes for two months with my orthopedic and shoe technology partner.
How is your training going now?
Hendrik Pfeiffer: I’m concentrating on shorter distances first. I have to go over ten kilometers faster to keep up with the national marathon competition. Paderborn’s 29:06 over ten kilometers is nice, but not good enough. I need to get closer to 28 minutes. My great strength is that I have the stamina and I’m tough. If I can get closer to the competition in terms of performance over the shorter distances and continue to play to my strengths, then I’ll have an advantage. It’s a development step I need to take before I start preparing for the next marathon in June or July.
What was your best moment in Boston? The finish line in the city?
Hendrik Pfeiffer: No. That was the legendary Heartbreak Hill, this 600 meter climb between kilometers 32 and 34. It is “only” 27 meters in altitude, but at this stage of the race it’s quite a climb. When I was up there, I knew I had beaten the “monster” and would finish well. That was the reward for all the hard work I did in Kenya. It wasn’t comfortable doing all the long training runs over 30 or 35 kilometers with 500, 600 meters of climbing.
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