# #298 Aaron Bienenfeld - Running 2:08 at Hamburg Marathon for the Fastest German Debut Ever Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-in-stride-6744581/298-aaron-bienenfeld-running-2-08-at-hamburg-marathon-for-the-fastest-german-debut-ever Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-in-stride-6744581/298-aaron-bienenfeld-running-2-08-at-hamburg-marathon-for-the-fastest-german-debut-ever.md Podcast: [Life in Stride](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-in-stride-6744581) Published: 2026-05-11T19:03:54+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/otqboyz/episodes/298-Aaron-Bienenfeld---Running-208-at-Hamburg-Marathon-for-the-Fastest-German-Debut-Ever-e3j7kjj Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO9762826734.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-in-stride-6744581/episodes/298-aaron-bienenfeld-running-2-08-at-hamburg-marathon-for-the-fastest-german-debut-ever Duration seconds: 2922 ## Resource Visit lisrunning.com to be coached by us! On this episode, we had special guest Aaron Bienenfeld back on the podcast after his epic run at the Hamburg Marathon! Not only did he have an amazing debut for himself, running 2:08 in a competitive field, he also ran the fastest ever German debut marathon time! We got the full recap from race weekend and also talked training and fueling on this episode. Aaron also talked about how competitive German marathoning is right now. After some amazing performances so far this Spring and last Fall by German athletes - Aaron is not going to get comfortable at all with his 2:08 time. For now though - his objective moves to trying to make the German team at the European outdoor championships in the 10k! FOLLOW AARON IG: https://www.instagram.com/aarunfast/ FOLLOW US ON STRAVA Chris https://www.strava.com/athletes/29985667 Scotty https://www.strava.com/athletes/98633526 Danny https://www.strava.com/athletes/23504210 CHECK OUT OUR INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lifeinstridepodcast/ QALO QRNT SMART RING 10% OFF ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠qalo.com/lifeinstride⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SWIFTWICK SOCKS https://swiftwick.com/ 15% off code: LIFEINSTRIDE KEN COMBS RUNNING STORE https://www.kencombsrunningstore.com/ 10% off code: LIFEINSTRIDE MASON CONSTRUCTION https://www.masonconstructionanddev.com/ CARBS FUEL carbsfuel.com 15% off: LIFEINSTRIDE SWITCHBACK ELECTROLYTES https://goswitchback.co?sca_ref=6278891.uVBEGmtjbbUlcGPZ 15% Off Code: OTQBOYZ CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://youtube.com/@LifeInStridePodcast?si=icd7XfQ4HMmuBRyX ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-in-stride-6744581/episodes/298-aaron-bienenfeld-running-2-08-at-hamburg-marathon-for-the-fastest-german-debut-ever/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-in-stride-6744581/298-aaron-bienenfeld-running-2-08-at-hamburg-marathon-for-the-fastest-german-debut-ever.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.