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Haile To Return for NYC Half-Marathon

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The one, the only, the great Haile Gebrselassie will be running through the streets of New York on March 22nd. Yep, he's back!

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Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:37
 

Empire State Building Run-Up,

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Thomas Dold a.k.a. The Stair Master is back in New York to compete for his fifth consecutive Run-Up title. Dold and over 300 other brave souls will be competing in the 33rd annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up on Tuesday, February 2.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 21 January 2010 16:31
 

Tulu Rewards Hometown Fans for Patience

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Derartu Tulu had told her supporters back home in Ethiopia to have patience and they would be rewarded. They did and they were.

Having become the first Ethiopian winner of the women’s division of the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, Tulu today outlined what it meant to her country. As Ethiopia’s first queen of women’s distance running, she is held in as high a regard as compatriot and marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie.

But, while Gebrselassie has had an unbroken career, moving seamlessly into the marathon from his two Olympic and four World Championships 10,000m gold medals, Tulu, a double Olympic 10,000m champion and 2001 London Marathon winner, has been on the periphery in recent years.

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Fast Facts on Sunday's Record-Breaking Field

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Sunday's ING New York City Marathon boasted the largest field in the event's history -- 43,741 runners. Those men and women represented all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam, as well as 110 countries from around the world. For a breakdown of the field, see below.

The Field

All time high number of participants: 43,741 starters, 43,475 finishers. 

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Keflezighi, Tulu, Fearnley, Hunkeler Press Conference Transcript

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On Monday -- the day after the 40th running of the ING New York City Marathon -- the champions of each of Sunday's races met the press at Tavern on the Green. The transcript from the press conference is below:

RICHARD FINN:  Thank you.  We're going to ask each of our four champions to say a couple of words.  Maybe upon reflection, looking back at what happened yesterday.  So we'll start with Edith, Kurt, Derartu, and then Meb.  Edith?

EDITH HUNKELER:  I'm still very happy that I won yesterday.  Here it's the fifth win in five starts.  Now I can believe what happened yesterday.

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A Day Later, Keflezighi Reflects on "Huge Accomplishment"

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On his first full day as ING New York City Marathon champion, Meb Keflezighi reflected on his victory as “a huge accomplishment” and said that he would look to a Portuguese marathon runner from a quarter century ago as his inspiration for future goals.

Keflezighi became the first U.S. winner of the men’s race since Alberto Salazar in 1982. He had previously finished 9th (2002), 2nd (2004), 3rd (2005) and 20th (2006). He also won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Now, though, he is 34 and he cannot have many years left at the top.

Not that he sees the end in sight. Keflezighi pointed to Moroccan Jaouad Gharib running 2:05.27 at 36 and finishing 3rd yesterday at 37 and, more especially, to Portugal’s Carlos Lopes winning the 1984 Olympic title at 37 and setting a world record 2:07:12 in 1985 at the age of 38.

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