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Chicago Marathon ‘07: Ivuti and Gharib Make Their Moves

Posted October 7th, 2007 at 10:56 AM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

Chicago Marathon At 35K, the four leaders are still going strong. Robert K. Cheruiyot (KEN), Daniel Njenga (KEN), Jaouad Gharib (MAR) and Patrick Ivuti (KEN). With seven miles to go, one of them is about to bust the race wide open. With the heat, though, they are holding on until the last possible minute before one of them decides to make it an honest pace. They’ve run the last 3 miles in 5:04, 5:09 and 5:10, obviously resting for a major surge. With 3 1/2 miles to go, Ivuti makes the decision to go and Gharib goes with him. Cheruiyot, surprisingly, has no answer for them. Njenga, not surprisingly, has nothing left and is unable to respond to the surge.

Ivuti has the track speed, having placed 4th in the 2000 Olympic 10000m run in Sydney. Gharib starts hammering and Ivuti is able to respond to every move. They have put in a mile of 4:55.

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