Great Manchester Run 2015 Results: Bernard Lagat Breaks Master’s 10,000m World Record, Ties US Record With 27:48

by: LetsRun.com
May 10, 2015

Stephen Sambu and Betsy Saina won the Morrison’s Great Manchester Run on Sunday, but the bigger news was Bernard Lagat running 27:48 in his 10k debut to set another master’s world record and the retirement of one of the greatest, if not the greatest, distance runners ever Haile Gebrselassie.

The previous master’s world record was 28:00.0, set by Gebrselassie in this race two years ago. (The American masters record was 29:37 held by University of Minnesota coach Steve Plasencia).

Update: David Monti of Race Results Weekly points out Bernard Lagat also tied Mark Nenow’s American record of 27:48. Amazing that a 40 year old is as fast as anyone ever in the US on the roads.

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More on the retirement of Geb here.

Discuss: Lagat just ran 27.50

Place Name BIB Club Pos
1 STEPHEN SAMBU 6 1 00:27:30
2 STEPHEN MOKOKA 7 2 00:27:38
3 BERNARD LAGAT 5 3 00:27:48
4 WILSON KIPSANG 2 4 00:27:53
5 LEONARD KOMON 3 5 00:28:19
6 TESFAALEM MEHARI 8 6 00:28:23
7 ANDREW BUTCHART 11 Central Athletics Club 29:09
8 ROSS MILLINGTON 9 Stockport Harriers & AC 29:11
9 JONATHAN TAYLOR 14 Morpeth Harriers & Athletic Club 29:19
10 MARK CHRISTIE 48 Mullingar Harriers 29:20
16 Haile Gebrselassie 30:05

Women:

Name BIB Club Pos Finish Time
BETSY SAINA 107 1 00:31:49
GEMMA STEEL 103 Charnwood A C 2 00:31:55
EDNA KIPLAGAT 102 3 00:31:57
CAROLINE KILEL 106 4 00:32:18
DIANE NUKURI 109 5 00:32:27
JELENA PROKOPCUKA 110 6 00:32:33
FIONNUALA BRITTON 108 Kilcoole A.C. 7 00:32:56
TIKI GELANA 105 8 00:33:12
JESS COULSON 111 Stockport Harriers & AC 9 00:33:15
JO PAVEY 104 Exeter Harriers 10 00:33:21

 

 

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