Tadesse....59.06 half marathon...Great North Run

Actually the official time is apparently 59.05...Fastest ever (a PR by over two minutes)....

Through 10 miles in 44.34!

downhill course as you said + tailwind but great performance

Amazing performance by Tadesse and broke a few world best's along the way. Only 2 seconds off Geb's 10 mile best.

Great run by Tulu in the women's race too 67:33.

Can't say the same for Ndereba who finished in around 1:10. So much for 65 minutes.

yes yes yes yes yes boy boy ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

tadesse 4 eva! mesfin, would you like to say something? :) what about you, vipam?

what is his performance worth if it hadn`t been a dounhill course?

tulu and tadessa video interview

Awesome run - went through 10k in 27.35 and then ran miles 7 and 8 in 4.15 and 4.17! Had he run more even paced im sure he would have gone well under 59mins. With his pbs on the track being much slower in comparison the question to ask is what the hell could this guy do for a marathon?!

about 2.13.

Amazing runs. Good for them,

I wish they had used translators for the interviews.

Sep 18 Newcastle-South Shields - Great North Run

HM

1 Zersenay Tadesse (ERI) 59:05 [World Best] (6M-26:44, 7M-30:59, 8M-35:16, 9M-40:02, 10M-44:34 [UKAC Best], 11M-49:16, 12M-54:01, 20K-56:03 [UKAC Best]),

2 Dejene Birhanu (ETH) 1:00:04 (2M-8:42, 3M-13:10, 4M-17:41, 5M-22:15 [UKAC Best]),

3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 1:02:25,

4 Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR-M35) 1:02:32,

5 Mark Carroll (IRL) 1:02:36,

6 John Mayock 1:03:27,

7 Julio Rey (ESP) 1:03:37,

8 Jon Brown 1:03:44,

9 Luís Novo (POR-M35) 1:04:05,

10 Kassa Tadesse 1:04:22,

11 Simon Tonui (KEN) 1:04:31 (1M-4:17),

12 Christian Nicolson 1:04:49,

13 Ian Hudspith 1:04:56,

14 Dave Wardle 1:05:15, (AKA waz)

15 James Walsh 1:05:36,

16 Glen Stewart 1:06:14,

17 Spencer Barden 1:06:14,

18 Michael Coleman 1:06:33,

19 Scott Winton (NZL) 1:06:48,

20 Hassan Raidi 1:06:55

wHM (1M-5:05, 2M-10:17, 3M-15:31, 4M-20:50, 5M-25:57)

1 Derartu Tulu (ETH) 1:07:33,

2 Werknesh Kidane (ETH) 1:08:09,

3 Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 1:08:11,

4 Edith Masai (KEN-W35) 1:08:19 [World W35 Best],

5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 1:09:47,

6 Mara Yamauchi 1:09:51 [UKAT 5th],

7 Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 1:10:20,

8 Sally Barsosio (KEN) 1:12:05,

9 Catherine Mutwa (KEN) 1:12:59,

10 Collette Fagan 1:13:44 [UKAT 58th=],

11 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL-W35) 1:14:41,

12 Pauline Powell 1:15:19,

13 Nikki Slater 1:16:04,

14 Charlotte Dale 1:19:27

The course only had a 35m net drop. When Tergat ran the previous best in Lisbon he had a 60m drop.

Will Tadesse participate in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Edmonton? It would be interesting to see him battling against Sileshi Sehen and Dinkiesa

Half empty wrote:

about 2.13.

Oh man, if this other guy is right about it only being a 35m drop, that is worth more like 2:06 in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy turns out to be one of the next great marathoners. May not set a WR (or he might), but he should be able to give ANYONE a run for their money. This guy is not a speed runner from what I can tell, so a 59:06 half (even somewhat downhill) and a bronze medal in the Olympic 10k should add up to a sweet marathon I would think.

Great race! Fastest ever non-legal(fastest overall) half marathon! Last week the fastest ever legal(now fourth fastest overall) half marathon was run also! What a great two weeks!

www.algonet.se/~pela2

All-time men's best half-marathon

@=uncertified course or uncertain certification

a=slightly downhill

1 59:06a Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 1 Lisboa 26.03.2000

2 59:10a Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 1 Lisboa 13.03.2005

3 59:16 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 10.11.86 1 Rotterdam 11.09.2005

4 59:17 Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 1 Milano 04.04.1998

5 59:20a Hendrick Ramaala RSA 02.02.72 2 Lisboa 26.03.2000

6 59:21a Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot KEN 26.09.78 2 Lisboa 13.03.2005

7 59:22 Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 1 Milano 17.04.1999

8 59:27a Wilson Kiprotich Kebenei KEN 20.07.80 3 Lisboa 13.03.2005

9 59:31a Patrick Ivuti KEN 30.06.78 3 Lisboa 26.03.2000

10 59:37a Dejene Birhanu ETH 12.12.80 1 Newcastle-South Shields 26.09.2004

11 59:38a Faustin Baha TAN 30.05.82 4 Lisboa 26.03.2000

12 59:40a Haile Gebrselassie ETH 18.04.73 1 Lisboa 24.03.2002

13 59:42a Hendrick Ramaala RSA 02.02.72 2 Lisboa 24.03.2002

13 59:42a Martin Lel KEN 29.10.78 4 Lisboa 13.03.2005

15 59:43a António Pinto POR 22.03.66 1 Lisboa 15.03.1998

15 59:43 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 10.11.86 1 Sendai 10.07.2005

17 59:45 Patrick Ivuti KEN 30.06.78 1 Udine 29.09.2002

18 59:46a Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 3 Lisboa 24.03.2002

19 59:47 Moses Tanui KEN 20.08.65 1 Milano 03.04.1993

19 59:47 Patrick Ivuti KEN 30.06.78 2 Rotterdam 11.09.2005

21 59:49a Rodgers Rop KEN 16.02.76 1 Lisboa 28.03.2004

22 59:51a William Kiplagat KEN 21.06.72 5 Lisboa 26.03.2000

22 59:51 Tesfaye Tola ETH 19.10.74 1 Kastrup-Malmö 12.06.2000

22 59:51a Martin Lel KEN 29.10.78 2 Lisboa 28.03.2004

25 59:52 Fabián Roncero ESP 19.10.70 1 Berlin 01.04.2001

26 59:53 Philip Rugut KEN 18.05.77 2 Udine 29.09.2002

27 59:54a Robert Cheruiyot KEN 20.12.74 3 Lisboa 28.03.2004

28 59:56 Paul Tergat KEN 17.06.69 1 Milano 31.03.1995

28 59:56 Shem Kororia KEN 25.09.72 1 Kosice 04.10.1997

28 59:56a Jaouad Gharib MAR 22.05.72 4 Lisboa 28.03.2004

31 59:58 Moses Tanui KEN 20.08.65 2 Kosice 04.10.1997

31 59:58a Paul Kosgei KEN 22.04.78 1 Newcastle-South Shields 06.10.2002

31 59:58a Paul Kosgei KEN 22.04.78 5 Lisboa 28.03.2004

That's all the legal sub 60's ever run~! Notice that the list includes Lisbon and Newcastle, which are both downhill and illegal. But since they are run so often and are 2 of the top 4 marathons in the world, they are in the list. This is great!

Wow. Is he running world champs in Edmonton? Would love to see him and Wanjiru go head-to-head a few times and eventually bring the WR into 58:3x territory.

There is also Tergat's 58.51 at Milan in 1996...The course was found to be 49m too short....

49m probably equates to an additional 8 seconds.... That run was probably worth a 'genuine' 58.59

Tergat's best run was the stramilano one. 58:51. 49 meters short. Back in 1996. 1995-1997 were some incredible years in distance running.

incridable performance. Tadesse has shown that he has a good talent for marthon and i can see in he future he will be one of the best runnner in marthon. consderding he is only 22 years old

Half marathon is funny, short courses and downhill courses, I wish they were all illegal and there was no accidental shortnesses. This is great, I'd like to see the first legal(non short and non downhill) sub 59 next year! Who can do it I wonder?