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So much for even pacing...

Posted by simon on 12/5/2006 on simon's blog

Haile Gebrselassie ran his third marathon of the year at Fukuoka on Sunday and beat last year's winner Dmytro Baranovsky (UKR) in 2:06:52. He ran the second half much faster than the first: 62:33 to 64:19.

Geb is now only the second runner (after Felix Limo) to run four career sub-2:07 marathons.

It was the first time in the history of the race that three men ran sub-2:07:30 in the same year; Baranovsky set a national record of 2:07:15.

Geb is now contemplating a 2007 attemnpt on Paul Tergat's world record 2:04:55.

Quotes from the Daily Yomiuri online:

"I could have made it faster but I decided just to win."
"When we were just three in the last 10K, I knew it's going to be mine."
"I didn't worry about the two other athletes. I have more speed than them. I just decided to wait until the last moment."

* Full report with splits on the IAAF site here

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