Johnson to face Masai at Berlin Half-Marathon
Posted March 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: News & Results, Marathons
The Vattenfall Berliner Halbmarathon (Berlin Half-Marathon), scheduled for Sunday, April 1, will feature a clash between defending champion and course record holder, Edith Masai of Kenya, and multiple national record holder, Benita Johnson of Australia.
Masai clocked 1:07:16 at last year’s race, the fastest half-marathon run in the world last year by a woman. Johnson’s personal best is 1:07:55 which she set when she won the Great North Run in 2004.
The top German women will be Irina Mikitenko, Luminita Zaituc, Claudia Dreher and Susanne Hahn.
On the men’s side Kenyans Patrick Makau (59:13 PB), Evans Cheruiyot (59:29), Wilfred Taragon (1:00:46) and Francis Kibiwott (1:00:08) are all scheduled to take part.
The flat, one-loop course in Berlin is AIMS certified for distance and is suitable for setting world and national records. Race director Mark Milde expects about 20,000 runners to take part in all events in Berlin that day. Last year’s race had 13,370 finishers
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