Sunday, September 28, 2008
Gebrselassie Runs 2:03:59!
By now, if you're a geek, you know this. I am quite astounded, frankly. I wasn't sure a 36-year-old could do this, but unless I'm seeing things on the Web as I sit here at in the middle of the night, Haile Gebrselassie, the 36-year-old Ethiopian superstar, ran 2:03:59 today at Berlin, smashing his previous world record of 2:04:26, set last year in the same event. This one will stand quite a while, I have a feeling. Of course, Chicago is in two weeks! Irina Mikitenko went sub-2:20 to win the women's race. For a wrap-up, go to http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/08/09/28/ATHLETICS_Berlin.html
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My guess is that Wanjiru will take a big chunk out of the record and will do it sooner rather than later.
He's a logical choice. I think I just read somewhere he had to pull out of a half-marathon. Great race yesterday, by the way.
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