Athletics Australia have announced the Australian Marathon team for London 2012. Sending the full compliment of 3 women; Jessica Trengove, Lisa Weightman & Benita Willis, and 3 men; Michael Shelley, Martin Dent & Jeff Hunt. It is a welcome return for Australian marathon running to have the full team of 6 runners after sending only 4 … [Read more...]
Tokyo is no party for Gebrselassie
February 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Today’s Tokyo marathon is a major event in the Japanese running calendar with more than 36,000 participants but almost all eyes were on Haile Gebrselassie. In what seemed his last chance to secure a place in the London Olympics Haile was expected to win, and challenge the course record, against a strong international field including last years … [Read more...]