Where Your Dreams Become Reality


Main Front Page

What's Let's Run.com?

SAVE ON SHOES

Training Advice

World Famous:
Message Board

Turn Back The Clock!
Today's Top Runners Talk About Their High School Careers

Opinions
Miler Scott Anderson's Journal

Wejo Speaks

Rojo Speaks

JK Speaks

LetsRun.com Privacy Policy

Contact Us

Advertise on LetsRun.com 
Click Here for More Info

 

Bronze Medallist Röthlin Makes Difficult Journey Home from Eldoret
By David Monti

(c) 2007 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved
January 4, 2008


World marathon championships bronze medalist Viktor Röthlin of Switzerland was able to exit safely his winter training base in Eldoret, Kenya, and make it home to Europe but not without some difficulty.

"After a few horrible days and a long day at the Eldoret Airport I finally could get a flight to Nairobi and came back yesterday," Röthlin wrote in a text message to Race Results Weekly.

Röthlin, 33, normally trains in Eldoret in the winter with Martin Lel and a group of other athletes managed by Federico Rosa, his Italian agent.  He was there to prepare for next month's Tokyo International Marathon when the violence broke out.  Now he's not not sure where he will finish his preparations for the February 17 race.

"I don't know right now," he wrote when asked about his training venue.  "I have to calm down first after those horrible days."

He doesn't necessarily see the cold weather in Switzerland as a drawback, however.  "The good thing, also Tokyo will be cold."

Röthlin, the Swiss marathon record-holder with a 2:08:20 personal best, has performed very well in his last two major championships.  In 2006 he challenged Italy's Stefano Baldini at the European Championships marathon before finishing second.  In Osaka last August he rallied from fifth place at 40-K to make the podium, the first-ever medal by a Swiss athlete in a world championships marathon.  After that race he was brimming with confidence.

"I say if you can't dream it, you can't do it," he said.


Tell a friend about this article
(Dont worry we won't email your friend(s) again. We send them a 1 time email)
Enter their email address(es), separated by a comma.
Enter your name:

Don't Worry: We
Back to Main Front Page
Questions, comments or suggestions?Please email the LetsRun.com staff at suggestions@LetsRun.com.



Runner's World &
Running Times


Combined Only $22

a Year
Save $87



Running & Track and Field Posters


Search the Web
or LetsRun.com
Google

Web

LRC


Running Shoe Savings: Nike Lunar Glide 20% Off
Super popular shoe from Nike featuring Flywire and Lunar Foam


Advertise on LetsRun.com

Contact Us

Privacy Policy