Berlin Marathon Live
Men’s Race: 10K to 20K
Posted September 30th, 2007 at 4:05 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage
At 13K, the trail pack of about 15 men was on pace for a 2:06:30. That time would be a huge PB for most, if not all, of them. They were certain to have to back off from it further in the race. The weather conditions were ideal, however, so they were going for it.
Up front, Haile Gebrselassie and his circle of pacemakers were still running like clockwork. The 15Km mark was passed in 44:14, on track for a 2:04:29. They had slowed down, but not by much. He was ahead of the trail pack by about one minute.
By 20Km, passed in 59:10, the pace had dropped off to 4:48 per mile. Gebrselassie was on pace for a 2:04:50 marathon. The trail pack was 1:05 back.
The halfway mark was 1:02:29, a 2:04:58 marathon pace, just off the world record.
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