There comes November and Frank Ratajczak regularly checks the weather report hoping for snow. This has nothing to do with an upcoming ski holiday, but with his job.

When speaking to Björn Potulski it becomes apparent how much this project means to him. Road to Granada: Six unusual travel companions setting off on their bikes on a journey from Munich to the spanish city Granada, 2,300 kilometres in 11 days.

The vote for "Runners of the Year", organised jointly by the laufen.de magazine and the German Athletics Association, is becoming something of a tradition.