Wow. More for 1st place than most US marathons have for total prize purse. Hope this doesn't discourage them though.
Results
Men:
Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) 1 hrs 33 secs;
Fabiano Joseph (Tanzania) 1:OO:42
Esitu Windimu (Ethiopia) 1:01.16;
Tsegaya Kabede (Ethiopia) 1:01.45
Dieudonne Disi (Rwanda) 1:02.24
Women (Half Marathon):
Lorna Kiplagat (Netherlands) 1:08.52;
Debela Barhane (Ethiopia) 1:11.23;
Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 1:11.30;
Hilda Kibet (Netherlands) 1:11.37;
Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) 1:02.24.
Hmmm.... how was the weather? I would have expected something faster. Nevertheless, good run for the win for Wanjiru.
Maybe they just ran for the money?
Where did you find these results?
Good performance from Joseph... been spending too much time taking $$$ just rabbiting and not racing. Heck of a talent.
Where was the GOAT Tergat???? Has 430 killed himself yet, I ask hopefully?
I just wrote these down as fast as I could...
I don't think Tergat ran. I might be wrong here but that's what my source said. Maybe he just finished that far back.
I keep getting a fax call but nothing is coming through.
The weather was warm explaining the slow times.
Sorry but that's the best I can do at the moment. If I get a fax or email with complete results I'll post 'em.
BTW I am waiting for "Ann Surgh" to come evil post on me here since they follow me around like a lovelorn b*tch.
mr. tavern,
thanks for the results and your contributions to letsrun. you are appreciated.
ootl
[quote]peeps disciple wrote:
Where was the GOAT Tergat???? quote]
This is a great question. What happened to him?
According to the news article Wanjiru's going to buy his mom a tractor. You might be a redneck if...
Awesome!! A Kenyan redneck indeed. If you look real close he has "Mother" tatooed on his arm and is sponsored by Skoal
Did tergat even run? I don't see him mentioned in any of the articles I've read. I would think they would mention him especially if he faded badly.
what was the money break down after first?
Hey, the results say Rita Jeptoo won. I hope she gets the money. Don't they think we know that 1:02 is better than 1:08. Do they think we are FOOLS?
That would be a world women's record.
i read on another news site that berhane adere was second, but these results say debela berhane, it could be the same person like tirunesh dibaba was first getting known, the results read her name as tirunesh keninia, her full name is tirunesh keninia dibaba and meseret defar full name is meseret defar tola and she was listed as meseret tola sometimes before she became a major star, so debela berhane is either berhane adere or debela berhane could be another up and coming runner for ethiopia.
Wow! More Americans should go over to the middle east to run and get paid in "oil money." I would be happy with just 10% of what the winners got paid. Maybe there is some obscure race over there that the top international runners do not know about. It would certainly help pay some of the tuition I am going to have to fork out for med school.
I think we all recognised that as a typo.
Nergle wrote:
Hey, the results say Rita Jeptoo won. I hope she gets the money. Don't they think we know that 1:02 is better than 1:08. Do they think we are FOOLS?
That would be a world women's record.