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New York Marathon 08: Twenty Mile Men’s Update: Here Comes Tergat

Posted November 2nd, 2008 at 12:53 PM by Stephanie Lowe

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Paul Tergat’s race has finally begun. After pacing himself within the pack for the first half of the race, he now fights for the lead. Tergat moved from 5th to 2nd place at the 25k mark, with Goumri in 1st (1:17:46).

The lead pack broke around mile 16 and. Abdirahman is no longer among them. The top 8 men, led by Bouramde, Rono and Rotich, passed the mark in 1:20:38. At mile 17, Goumri and Gomes Dos Santos hit 1:24:32, followed by Tergat, Rono and Bouramdane.

The pack “hit the wall” around mile 18 and shrank to 5. Bouramdane, Goumri, Rono, Gomes Dos Santos and Tergat ran a 1:29:14 split. Abdirahman was over a minute behind in 10th place (1:30:45).

Bouramdane could no longer stay with the leaders at mile 19. They are now running 4:56 mile pace. Gomes Dos Santos, Goumri, Tergat and Rono are still together at 1:33:50. They hit mile 20 in 1:38:37 with Goumri leading.

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November 2nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm