While most of us were asleep this morning, history was being made in Berlin. Haile Gebrselassie became the first human being to run a marathon (26.2 miles) in under 2 hours and 4 minutes. Haile bested his previous world record of 2:04:26 to a truly spectacular 2:03:59. For those of you who don´t know the paces, that´s about 4:44 per mile. Wow!
Some people were giving Haile a hard time after he decided not to participate in the Olympic Marathon in Beijing. Haile cited the air quality as his reason for not participating, along with his asthma. However, some wondered whether Haile had been mistake when Kenya´s Samuel Wanjiru one the race in an awe-inspiring 2:06:32 despite terrible conditions
Haile, at 35, is, as he said after the race, ¨fighting against his age.¨ With London now 4 years away, I wonder if he´ll be able to truly be in contention in that race, at the age of 39.
However, after seeing today´s performance and that one more Haile-smile, if anyone can do it, Haile can.
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