Abera 2:04:24 and Tsegaye 2:19:41 at Dubai Marathon, from EME News

Tirfi Tsegaye, photo by PhotoRun.net

Abera 2:04:24 and Tsegaye 2:19:41

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DUBAI (UAE, Jan 22): As usual, fast times were set en masse in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday morning. In the men’s race, Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Abera missed the course record by one second but sliced his PB from 2:09:46 to 2:04:24. The top three finishers all broke the sub-2:05 barrier with reigning champion Lemi Berhanu and 2014 winner Tsegaye Mekonnen clocking 2:04:33 PB and 2:04:46 respectively as Ethiopians filled the top six spots. Through halfway, Dennis Kimetto’s world record of 2:02:57 looked in danger as a leading group of 16 passed through nine seconds under Kimetto’s record pace in 61:36 and passed 30km in a world record time of 1:27:20. Ethiopians also filled the first five spots in the women’s race which was won by 2013 champion Tirfi Tsegaye in 2:19:41 ahead of debutante Amane Beriso (2:20:48) and Meselech Melkamu (2:22:29). Abera’s halfway splits were 61:38/62:46 while Tsegaye recorded negative splits of 70:17/69:24. In total 13 men clocked sub 2:10 and 10 women sub 2:30. Beijing participant Mayada Al-Sayad achieved Palestine record 2:39:48 as 17th woman.

Editors’ Note: Dubai marathon lived up to the hype, with some very fast times for January.

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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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