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Abdi Abdirahman Talks About Beating Gebrselassie, the Worlds 10k, and Meb's 10k American Record
By LetsRun.com
Aug 2, 2007
New York, NY

LetsRun.com's Weldon Johnson (Wejo) went to day 1 of the NYC Half Marathon presented by Nike press luncheon (when you have Haile Gebrselassie in the field you have 2 days of press conferences).

Wejo had time to do a brief interview with Abdi Abdirahman, the US track and road 10k champ in 2007. In addition to having the fastest time in America at 10k this year (27:31.46), Abdi had the top times last year at 10k (27:22.81 pb), the half marathon (61:07 in Philly) and marathon (2:08:56, 4th in Chicago).

Since the interview is fairly short, we've included it all below. But here are some highlights for those of you with limited time and don't want to watch the full interview (4:54).

On racing Haile Gebrselassie: "If I knew Haile was going to beat me in the race, if I knew Haile was going to win (and I had no chance) I wouldn't have come... I'm not running for second place. I'm running to win." 2:51-3:19

On his fitness this year compared to last year when he ran the top times in America at 10k through the marathon: "I'm in way better shape than last year"

On trying to break Meb's American 10k record (27:13.98): "I'm going to keep chasing it until the day I get it." Abdi said at Hengelo (May 26) this year he came through 5k at 13:28 with the leaders: "I was right with the leaders and feeling great, and with 5 or 6 laps to go, I got a side stitch..."

Full interview below.

More LetsRun.com 2007 NYC Half Coverage:
*LetsRun.com Interview With Hendrick Ramaala (Video and Text Recap)
*LetsRun.com Interview with Haile Gebrselassie (Video and Text Recap)
The race will be webcast live on the internet at 7 am eastern here on Sunday 8/5.


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