Blog update, special edition! :-)
Unless you're a running geek, like me, you may have missed it on Sunday. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia smashed his own world record in the marathon at 2 hours 3 minutes 59 seconds at the real Berlin Marathon; the previous record was 2:04:26 a year ago, also in Berlin. To put it in perspective, that's running almost 13 mph for just over two hours! And to take 33 seconds off one's time at the elite level is huge, comparable to Usain Bolt's records in the 100 and 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics in August ... maybe even bigger than that!
Video, and other related items, here of the race (yeah it goes pretty fast for a marathon):
http://www.universalsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&SPID=13048&SPSID=105671
There is the entire race version, for those of you who have long attention spans (the British commentary is informative as well as entertaining), and the highlight version.
Also at the same race, the women's winner, Irina Mikitenko of Germany became the fourth fastest women runner ever at the distance with 2:19:19.
In related news, Rosa Arevalo, a good friend and also a donor like many of you, also ran in Berlin. I think I saw her time at 4 hours and 30-something minutes. Way to go, Rosa!
The last few minutes of the race (in German!); on YouTube
Blog analysis of Geb's sub 2:04 marathon on Sept. 29 ... more info than you maybe want, but for you running geeks who can't get enough ... :-)
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/09/haile-gebrselassie.html
If you just want to read about the race:
http://www.iaaf.org/LRR08/news/newsid=47859.html
One strategy that even beginner to novice, as well as intermediate and advanced, runners can latch onto this this:
Haile Gebrselassie Revealed, CNN program that chronicled his preparation for the 2007 Berlin Marathon, his first marathon world record.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 (the 2007 record-breaking effort at Berlin)
Unless you're a running geek, like me, you may have missed it on Sunday. Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia smashed his own world record in the marathon at 2 hours 3 minutes 59 seconds at the real Berlin Marathon; the previous record was 2:04:26 a year ago, also in Berlin. To put it in perspective, that's running almost 13 mph for just over two hours! And to take 33 seconds off one's time at the elite level is huge, comparable to Usain Bolt's records in the 100 and 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics in August ... maybe even bigger than that!
Video, and other related items, here of the race (yeah it goes pretty fast for a marathon):
http://www.universalsports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&SPID=13048&SPSID=105671
There is the entire race version, for those of you who have long attention spans (the British commentary is informative as well as entertaining), and the highlight version.
Also at the same race, the women's winner, Irina Mikitenko of Germany became the fourth fastest women runner ever at the distance with 2:19:19.
In related news, Rosa Arevalo, a good friend and also a donor like many of you, also ran in Berlin. I think I saw her time at 4 hours and 30-something minutes. Way to go, Rosa!
The last few minutes of the race (in German!); on YouTube
Blog analysis of Geb's sub 2:04 marathon on Sept. 29 ... more info than you maybe want, but for you running geeks who can't get enough ... :-)
http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/09/haile-gebrselassie.html
If you just want to read about the race:
http://www.iaaf.org/LRR08/news/newsid=47859.html
One strategy that even beginner to novice, as well as intermediate and advanced, runners can latch onto this this:
For anyone who doubts the wisdom of running even and negative splits (the first half is slower than the second, finishing half of a race), consider Gebrselassie’s Berlin first half of 62:04, followed by a 61:55 second half. Enroute to his 2007 Berlin WR of 2:04:26, Gebrselassie ran 62:29 for the first half and came back in 61:57. When Kenya’s Paul Tergat ran his WR 2:04:55, also in Berlin five years ago, he passed halfway in what seems now an almost pedestrian 63:05 and came home in 61:50, fighting an epic battle with countryman Sammy Korir, who finished one second back.More on Gebrelassie, who may be the best distance runner ever (from 5,000 meters on up to the marathon):
Haile Gebrselassie Revealed, CNN program that chronicled his preparation for the 2007 Berlin Marathon, his first marathon world record.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 (the 2007 record-breaking effort at Berlin)
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