Keitany's winning time was one hour, five minutes and 59 seconds with Cheruiyot clocking 1:07:44.

"I am looking forward to running the second marathon of my career in Frankfurt," Cheruiyot said. "I won my first World Championship title in Germany in 2009 and will try to get my first big marathon victory there in 2017."

"When I ran in the Great North Run, I wanted to gauge my performance and indeed after coming in second position, I was able to know where to fine tune before I get to the big race in Frankfurt," said Cheruiyot.

In addition to the prize purse, organizers are offering 30,000 euros course record bonus and Cheruiyot said she can attempt to break the current record of 2:21:01, set five years ago by Ethiopian Meselech Melkamu.

In the men' s category in Frankfurt, defending champion Mark Korir, who trains in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County, is optimistic he will retain his title on Sunday. He will be joining last year's second placer Martin Kosgey.

"I'm looking forward to a good race on Sunday because I have done my training well. I know there will be stiff competition but I'm up to task to deliver good results," said Korir in Eldoret.

Korir has had a significant marathon career in the past two years after winning Paris Marathon in 2017 before winning in Frankfurt Marathon last year. He started this season with a third place finish in Seoul Marathon.

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