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Haile Gebrselassie and Meseret Defar are among the three men’s and women’s finalist for World Athlete of the Year, the IAAF announced last week.
The 34-year-old Gebrselassie lowered the world record in the marathon to 2:04:26, pending ratification, at the real,-Berlin Marathon in September, and earlier in the year, set world records for the one hour […]

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Despite World Record holder Paula Radcliffe’s best efforts to tear up the tarmac in New York, the Amsterdam Marathon remains at the top of the World rankings of fastest marathon cities of 2007.
Frankfurt was fast enough to challenge the all-time fastest city Berlin, but Amsterdam has shaken off it’s laid back image to hold on […]

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The World Marathon Majors crowned its inaugural male and female champions today at a ceremony held in New York City.
The two-year, 11-race series concluded yesterday at the ING New York City Marathon where Gete Wami’s (ETH) second-place finish earned her the final points needed to clinch the series women’s championship. Robert Cheruiyot (KEN) secured […]

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Nearly two years have passed since organizers of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announced the formation of the World Marathon Majors (WMM), and 10 events, including the IAAF World Championships, have been run since the WMM Series was launched at the 2006 Boston Marathon. Just one race – the 2007 […]

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USOC seeks medals from Jones’ relay-mates
Now that Marion Jones has returned her Olympic medals in the wake of her doping admission, the United States Olympic Committee has also asked Marion Jones’ relay teammates to return their medals and promised a “completely clean” U.S. squad in 2008. The USOC request, Jones’ admission and the IOC’s pending […]

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Twenty four world records, and counting. The Haile Gebrselassie road show moves on from the latest addition to that list, a world record 2.04.26 in the real,_Berlin Marathon on Sunday. His next dates with destiny?
The Dubai Marathon on January 18, 2008, then the Olympic marathon in Beijing in August. But hasn´t someone (Kenyan Sammy […]

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Unlike the men’s race, in which Haile Gebrselassie set a new world record of 2:04:26, Gete Wami was nowhere near Paula Radcliffe’s 2:15:25. She was still on track for a 2:23 something. She needed to conserve her energy for the New York City Marathon which was just 35 days away. The 32 year old was […]

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Gebrselassie, running alone now, passed 33Km in 1:37:35. He was back on pace for a world record. He led by about a minute.
At 34Km, he was on pace for a 2:04:53, tantalizingly close to, but still ahead of, the world record.
Coming up on 35Km, Gebreselassie was looking like he was starting to pick up the […]

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At this point in the race, the weather was as follows:
55°F
Clear
Wind: S at 10 mph
Humidity: 82%
Nine and a half minutes behind Gebrselassie, Gete Wami passed the 25Km mark in 1:23:35, 2:08 ahead of the second group. She was on track for a 2:21:05 marathon.
She passed 30Km in 1:40:45, a 2:21:42 pace, right on pace to […]

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The 25Km mark was passed in 1:14:05. Gebrselassie was headed for a 2:05:02 pace. They had slipped just a bit off the pace over the past 5Km.
The trail pack passed 25Km in 1:15:23, 1:17 back. They were still on track for a 2:07:14 marathon.
By 26.5 Km, the pacemakers were down to two. By now […]

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