ASICS British London 10k: Ndereba Times two!, by Victah Sailer, note by Larry Eder

At the ASICS British London 10k today, Cyrus and Catherine Ndereba were the winners-brother and sister!

Photo courtesy of Photorun.net.

Ndereba Times Two
A familiar name took both titles in the Asics British London 10K earlier today in London. But it was in the menâ€™s race as well as the womenâ€™s as newcomer Cyrus Ndereba shared the winnerâ€™s honors with his older, more famous sister Catherine. Running his first race outside Kenya, the 27-year-old ran easy, finishing 2 minutes ahead of the next finisher, gliding over the finish line in 30:19. It was only some strong gusting winds on the way back that slowed his pace. It was his first outing in a road 10K. Heâ€™d finished 7th at the Kenya Armed Forces 10,000 in May in 29:15 at altitude.
The ladies race had the star power, featuring 2008 gold and silver Olympic medalists Constantina Dita and Catherine Ndereba. The 2 ran together through the architectural splendor of the city of London for the first 4 kilometers, when the reigning IAAF World Marathon Champion pulled away to keep the race title a family affair. Ndereba repeated her 2002 Asics British London 10km victory, running a comfortable 33:54, finishing 7th overall. In fact the top 3 ladies made it into thetop 11, of a race that featured 27,400 entrants. The surprise second-place finisher was running her first road 10K…British duathlete Kat Grimmett. Ndereba looks to her next conquest at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race in Bogota on August 2nd.
Men
1 Cyrus Ndereba-KEN 30:19
2 Ryan McKinlay-ENG 32:06
3 – Luca Tassarotti-ITA 32:15
Women
1 Catherine Ndereba-KEN 33:54
2 Kat Grimmett-ENG 34:19
3 Constantina Dita-ROM 34:30
Special thanks to Victah Sailer, Photorun.net for story and photos.
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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