Birmingham, UK – He once dreamt of riding the Tour de France but ended up a road running tour de force. Zersenay Tadese succeeded today where the great Haile Gebrselassie failed and where that other legendary Ethiopian, Kenenisa Bekele, has yet to tread.... Read More
- Mary Keitany’s ruthless and emphatic victory here today in the IAAF/EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships was followed swiftly by an expert suggestion that we may just have seen the first major triumph of the next Olympic women’s marathon champion.</P>... Read More
- Eritean Zersenay Tadese, the outstanding pre-race favourite confirmed the predictions in a time of 59:35 taking his fourth successive World title, delivered thanks to a sustained attack which began some 10 kilometres into today’s IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham.</p>... Read More
- Mary Keitany, the 2007 silver medallist, moved up to the top rung of the podium this year with a dominant run that took the gold at today’s IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, leading home a Kenyan team triumph too. </p>... Read More
Group training, both at altitude and sea level, is integral to endurance performance gains, according to the panel of experts who gathered in Birmingham for the UKA Endurance Conference on Friday (9).... Read More
, UK - As per tradition on the eve of an IAAF World Athletics Series competition, an IAAF Dinner was held on the evening of Saturday 10 October ahead of the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, Sunday (11).</P>
- There was pre-race drama ahead of tomorrow's IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, when three of the main medal contenders, Mary Keitany, Sammy Kitwara and Dathan Ritzenhein, were stuck for nearly an hour in the lift of the REP Theatre, which is being used as the press centre for the event, so preventing them appearing at the official IAAF Press Conference.</P>
– The women’s race at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham on Sunday 11 October 2009 boasts the appearance of the world’s quickest runner of 2009, Kenyan Mary Keitany, who was the silver medallist in 2007.</P>
, UK - Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea is the favourite to win the global road running title for a fourth consecutive year at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships which take place in Birmingham on Sunday 11 October 2009.</P>
, UK - The Start List for the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October is now available.</P>
- A total prize purse of US$245,000 will be paid by the IAAF at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October.</P>
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- Britain’s Paula Radcliffe has withdrawn from this weekend’s IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October, due to tonsillitis.</P>
-Carlo – A total of 47 IAAF Member Federations are set to compete this coming weekend at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October.</P>
- California’s fastest half-marathon lived up to its billing Sunday as American Meb Keflezighi set a new U.S. 20k record and bettered his personal best by 25 seconds winning the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon in a time of 1:01:00. Keflezighi’s 20k split of 57:52 broke Ryan Hall’s standing 20K record of 57:54 set in 2006.</P>
nbsp;- Manuèla Montebrun smashed the Francophone Games record in the women’s Hammer Throw with a 70.26m heave on the 4th day of the athletics competition at the sixth edition of the Games which are being held in Beirut, Lebanon (4).</p>
009 – Atsushi Sato and Yurika Nakamura will lead the Japanese contingent at the IAAF / EDF Energy World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, UK on Sunday 11 October.<BR>