It turned out to be a great result at Rotterdam for the other Sammy, not Wanjiru, but Kitwara! Kitwara simply blew the field to record a win in 58:58, the 4th fastest time at the Half Marathon at Rotterdam, setting a course record in the process, and becoming the sixth man ever to dip below [...]
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I have to admit here, this is the world’s largest half marathon, and I heard about the event only this year. The Bupa Great North Run is the world’s most popular half marathon road running event, and this years event will be run on September 20th, the same day as the Berlin Marathon. The run [...]
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Its not only running which is really taking off in India, Cycling is not far behind. There are now many established cycling events in India, including the Himachal MTB (Sep 26 – Oct 6, 2009), the Tour of Nilgiris (Dec 15 – Dec 23, 2009), and then the recently organized and very successful BSA Hercules Duathlon in [...]
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What a date to choose for starting the registrations to one of the most famous and revered marathons around the world. Boston marathon registrations begin today, September 09, 2009, or as some may prefer to write it as 09/09/09. The date looks absolutely powerful, number 9 stands for passion, energy, and is also considered the [...]
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On September 20th, it will be the 36th edition of one of the greatest marathons in the world, the real,-Berlin Marathon 2009. Voted recently as the Marathon of the Decade by IAAF, Berlin is known for its super fast flat course, and a witness to as many as 6 world records over the last 20 [...]
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I did a poll recently on our running group Delhi Runners about the favorite running routes of the members. This was done with the intent of deciding the prospective locations to hold the monthly Delhi Runners Half Marathon runs, the first of which happened recently in Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri. In this post, let me share the results of [...]
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The 6th edition of the Fortis Half Marathon Rotterdam will be held on September 13th. The event boasts a flat and super fast course and this greatly reflects in the timings achieved over the past 5 years of the event. 2004 – Robert K. Cheruiyot runs the season best of 1:00:11 2005 – Sammy Wanjiru [...]
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This could be one of the biggest match ups of two of the biggest starts in world athletics, the 100 and 200 meters world record holder Usain Bolt (twice, Beijing Olympics 2008 and World Athletics Championships 2009), and the kings of long distance running Kenenisa Bekele, the achiever of the double-double of 5000 meters and 10,000 meters, also [...]
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In the earlier posts on the series ‘Running in India‘, we took a look at the most popular running groups which are revolutionizing running in India. Carrying on, we meet some of the great runners in India, who have set up the highest standards to look up to. In this interview with Sunita Godara, we [...]
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