New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Abdi Abdirahman's last race in New York was a heartbreaking one. A hip injury forced him to quit during the Olympic marathon trials - and then he found out after the race that friend and training partner Ryan Shay had collapsed on the course and...
Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A very interesting read in the Guardian today regarding the possibility of humans ever running a sub two hour marathon . This speculation always crops up when the marathon record is broken, most recently by the venerable Haile Gebrselassie who last week brought the mark down to 2:03:59. The discussion always divides into the "No, never!" camp and the "Of course!" chorus. On the one hand, Haile's 4:43.7...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
After Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world marathon record, Jon Henderson asks if the two-hour barrier can be beaten
running and rambling (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Less than 24 hours after Haile Gebrselassie’s mind-boggling world record 2:03:59 marathon performance last Sunday, one of my friends sent me the following e-mail: You’re going to need a new poster for [my son]. It was a reference to an article I had written for my old website several years ago - after receiving a poster of then-world record holder Paul Tergat – full of philosophical wrangling about...
Running Wild with Coach Joe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
DUBAI — Fresh from breaking his own world marathon record and becoming the first man to run under 2:04:00, Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie has confirmed his next major appearance will be in the $2 million Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 16, 2009. As well as a top prize fund of $1 million, the race [...]
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - World marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie will earn a $1 million (568,000 pounds) bonus if he betters his mark in Dubai on January 16 next year, organisers said Thursday.
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
The Scots Olympian who won 100m gold in the 1980 Moscow Games discusses the possibility of marathon runners breaking through the two-hour barrier, after Haile Gebrselassie
Running Wild with Coach Joe (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Joe English gives perspective on the completely and total awesomeness of Haile Gebrselassie's shattering of the marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon in 2008.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Haile Gebrselassie is targeting a second world record this year after smashing his own marathon mark in Germany on Sunday by running below two hours and four minutes.
Infectious Greed (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
I know no-one cares about anything other than the synchronized collapse of global credit markets, but runner Haile Gebrselassie's weekend performance in the Berlin Marathon is worth a moment of celebration. In that flat and fast race, the Ethiopian distance running star set a new Berlin record, plus a new world record, plus breaking the 2:04 barrier for the first time ever. It was an astounding and...
Young Germany RSS feed (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
On Sunday hundreds of thousands gathered along the streets of Berlin to watch the marathon and to...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Haile Gebrselassie has set a new world record after winning the Berlin Marathon in Germany yesterday.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Haile Gebrselassie smashed his marathon world record by 27 seconds yesterday, winning the Berlin Marathon in a city where he has had so much success.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
HAILE GEBRSELASSIE raised the bar of his already distinguished career by taking his own world marathon record under two hours four minutes in Berlin yesterday morning.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
When he could finish only sixth in the Beijing Olympic 10,000 metres final, some were ready to draw a line under the championship career of Haile Gebrselassie.
