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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Geb Going for the Marathon World Record?


Ethiopian track superstar Haile Gebrselassie will be running his second marathon this weekend in Amsterdam, and he is not ruling out the possibility of a world record. After an astounding career on the track, he is now a road racer. If you remember his first marathon, three years ago in London, he broke the world record, but so did the other two men that beat him. Current marathon world record holder, Paul Tergat, says he heard that Geb wants to go 2:02! That would be insanity!
High school cross-country runners may be interested to know that his fastest 5k is 12:39 (former world record). The new WR for 5000 meters is 12:37 by his countryman, Kenenisa Bekele.
UPDATE: Gebrselassie won the Amsterdam Marathon in 2:06:20, improving his PR by 15 seconds, and knocking 3 seconds of the course record. He did not, however, succeed in his attempt to break Paul Tergat's world record of 2:04:55 over the 26.2 mile course. It was an awesome performance nonetheless.....fastest marathon anyone has run this year.

so sez tox senrab @ 10/13/2005 08:46:00 PM


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