Geoffrey Mutai has successfully defended his New York Marathon crown (from 2011) with a dominant run in windy conditions to finish in 2:08:24, 52 seconds ahead of Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede (2:09:16) and 3rd placed South African Luspho April (2:09:45). In a star-studded field, including Gold medallist & world champion Stephen Kiprotich, American … [Read more...]
The fastest year ever!
November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Marathons around the world are being swept up in a running boom. 2011 has been the best of all time. Of course the new World Record set by Patrick Makau in Berlin in September indicates this, but even more incredible is the results across all 5 of the world majors. The ‘World Marathon Majors’ includes the top 5 races (London, Boston, Chicago, … [Read more...]
Indigenous Marathon Project run the New York marathon again in 2011
November 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
History will once again be made in New York by the team at the Indigenous Marathon Project (IMP) led by Australian marathon legend Robert de Castella. Starting at 9:40 am on Sunday the 6th November (or early Monday morning for everyone in Australia) 11 amazing Indigenous athletes will participate in their first ever marathon… and not just any … [Read more...]
Indigenous Marathon Project
November 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Following on from the earlier blog I have included some more information on the Indigenous Marathon Project for those who requested it. The Indigenous Marathon Project is an amazing initiative championed by Australian marathon legend Robert de Castella. A little over 12 months ago none of the 4 runners about to embark on the NY marathon had ever … [Read more...]
New York here we come…
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With just over 2 weeks to go until I head to NY for this years marathon (my first NY marathon) I’m at that stage where I’ve just about finished all of the hard work. My longest runs are behind me and now I’m concentrating on all the small things before the event to give myself the best chance on the 7th November. Yesterday I completed a ‘race … [Read more...]
A little bit of Chilean inspiration…
October 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
One thing I love about exercise, sport (& especially running) is the great tales of people overcoming adversity and rising above it all. Tales of athletes completing gut churning workouts to extract their best performances, or other athletes escaping internal troubles, addictions or even war and famine. It just makes the hairs on the back of my … [Read more...]
