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Haile Gebrselassie Sets New Marathon World Record

Posted by Steve
September 28, 2008

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Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record as he won the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row.
The 35-year-old Ethiopian became the first man to run under two […]

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World’s Oldest Competitive Runner?

Posted by Steve
March 3, 2008

Working plumber Buster Martin ran Sunday’s Roding Valley half marathon in Essex in five hours 13 minutes. Nothing special you might think. Well, what if I mentioned that Mr Martin, who lives in London, is a staggering 101 years old!
Buster now has his sights on the London Marathon in a bid to become the world’s […]

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Second Fastest Marathon Of All Time For Gebrselassie

Posted by Steve
January 18, 2008

Yesterday, Haile Gebrselassie ran the second fastest marathon in history [2.04.53], to win the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, 27 seconds shy of his own record set in Berlin three months ago.
A suicidal early pace, however, shows that even the very best athletes sometimes get it wrong. Gebra made the halfway mark in 61.27, a massive […]

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Gerry Lindgren - Most Talented US High School Runner Ever?

Posted by Steve
December 28, 2007

I’m lucky enough to be reading “Gerry Lindgren’s Book on Running” at the moment - an inspirational story about the rise of Gerry Lindgren from a last-place runner on his high school cross-country team to arguably the best high school distance runner of all time. Growing up in the UK, I must admit I’d never […]