07 April 2009

This is Fast! (Updated)


Rotterdam Marathon -- and, no, this is not a 4-armed or 3-legged Kenyan! Kibet and Kwambai finished one-two and were recorded with the same finishing time. If I'm right about the names, two other Kenyans finished 3rd and 4th: Kirui at 2:05:04 (fastest 3rd place finish) and Makau at 2:06:14 (2nd fastest debut marathon). (Update: I was right. See the next post for details.)

Ryan Hall has his work cut out for him!

Run well, y'all (and remember that fast is relative),
Bob

2 comments:

Tom@RunnersLounge said...

Hi Bob.

Thanks for the good feedback about the Getting Faster series. It means a lot coming from you.

I've spent a long time trying to understand and apply the principles of speedwork, and made lots of mistakes and a few breakthroughs along the way.

Would appreciate any other feedback re: how to make the articles more meaningful--shorter? better examples? less technical?

Thanks again and keep up your great running and bloggin--and have a blessed Easter!

Michelle said...

Happy Easter!

I cannot even imagine what it must feel like to be able to run that fast for 26.2 miles!! WOW!!!