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Great Ethiopian Run Set for Sunday in Addis Ababa
Posted November 20th, 2007 at 10:44 AM by David Monti
Section: News & Results
The seventh edition of the Great Ethiopian Run International 10-K is set for Sunday in Addis Ababa. Organizers reported last week that more than 30,000 runners have registered for the event which was originally scheduled to take place on Sep. 9, to coincide with Ethiopia’s Millennium celebrations, but was postponed because of security fears.
For this event, Haile Gebrselassie assumes the role of race director, and he’s invited a number of international guests, including Britain’s former 5000m world record holder David Moorcroft and ING New York City Marathon race director, Mary Wittenberg, who will be making her first trip to Ethiopia.
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