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Lead Stories: Friday, November 21, 2008

Hall and Wanjiru Added to London Marathon Field

Posted January 7th, 2008 at 12:30 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

Race director David Bedford has beefed up his already robust field for the 2008 Flora London Marathon by adding two of the sport’s most promising marathon stars: Ryan Hall (Pictured) of Big Bear Lake, Calif., and Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya. The 28th edition of the race is scheduled for Sunday, April 13.

Hall, 25, is coming off of a dramatic victory at the USA Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon held in New York City last November. The former Stanford University star ran a brilliant race, saving his strength during the first half of the hilly, five-loop course in Central Park before unleashing a seemingly effortless 62:45 for the second half. His finish time of 2:09:02 was a Trials record, despite the fact that he lost at least half a minute in the final miles celebrating his victory. Hall also ran 2:08:24 at London in his debut last April, a USA debut record.
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World record holder Wanjiru set for Great North Run

Posted July 17th, 2007 at 12:45 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

The fastest man ever over the half-marathon distance, Samuel Wanjiru, has set his sights on Zersenay Tadesse’s course record at September’s Great North Run in Great Britain, organizers announced today.

“I don’t know about the course, but maybe when I come there, I intend trying to make a course record,” Wanjiru said through a press release, referring to Tadesse’s 59:05 course record set in 2005.

Wanjiru’s pending world record of 58:35 was set in The Hague on Mar. 17, an improvement over his own 58:53 set in Ras al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Feb. 9. He is the only man to ever break the 59 minute barrier twice.
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