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Leonard Komen to run BUPA Great South Run, release, note by Larry Eder

Larry Ederby Larry Eder
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Leonard Komen, the world record holder on the roads for the 10k and the 15k, will be running the BUPA Great South Run, to be held on October 30, 2011. Komen has the UK all comers record for ten miles, which he ran in 45:16!


DOUBLE WORLD RECORD HOLDER KOMON ADDED TO BUPA GREAT SOUTH RUN FIELD

World record holder Leonard Komon is the latest addition to the
outstanding field being assembled for the Bupa Great South Run on 30
October.

Komon, the reigning world 10k and 15k record holder has confirmed his
participation in the prestigious IAAF Gold Label event , where last
year Joseph Ebuya set a UK All-Comers’ record of 45 minutes 16 seconds.

 

The 23-year-old will have that target in his sights when he lines up
in a field which includes fellow Kenyan Abel Kirui, who recently
retained his IAAF World Championships marathon title, and Morocco’s
Abderrahime Bouramdane, who finished fourth behind him in Daegu.

 

“In spite of his youth, Komon has been a leading distance runner for a
few years now. Last year he became the first man to run under 27
minutes for 10 kilometres, which is phenomenal” said Peter Riley, elite
athletes manager of the Bupa Great South Run.

 

“His time of 26 minutes 44 seconds in Utrecht last September took a
massive 17 seconds from the previous record, and he’ll be coming to
Portsmouth after another superb victory at the ASICS Grand 10k in
Berlin.

 

“More importantly, five weeks previous to that stunning victory, he
missed Haile Gebrselassie’s world record10 mile performance by just four
seconds with a fantastic time of 44min 27sec in Zaandam.

 

“Remarkably he managed it in spite of rain and adverse weather
conditions. I’m sure with the quality of the opposition he faces in
Portsmouth, there is every chance we will see a new UK All-Comers’
record produced.”

 

The presence of Komon and the other overseas visitors should bring
the best out of British runners Chris Thompson, the 2010 European
10,000m silver medallist, Scott Overall, fifth in last months BMW Berlin
Marathon and Andrew Lemoncello, Scotland’s Number One.

 

Ends

 

Further Information about the event:

David Hart, Communications Director, Nova International

0191 2263230/07771 983688

david.hart@nova-international.com

 

Editors Notes

Nova International

The Bupa Great South Run is brought to you by a partnership between
event organisers Nova International and Portsmouth City Council and is
sponsored by Bupa.

 

Nova International, headed by Olympic medalist, Brendan Foster, is
one of the UK’s leading event management and sports marketing agencies.
The company’s current brand portfolio also includes some of the biggest
running events in the world all based on the Bupa Great North Run, the
world’s biggest half marathon with over 54,000 entries.

 

Nova International was established in 1988 and has a strong sporting
pedigree. Based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Nova has established itself as a
market leader in the world of sports marketing and event management.
For more information please visit www.greatrun.org.

 

To apply for media accreditation for the Bupa Great South Run weekend visit www.greatrun.org/MediaAccreditation

 

Bupa

Bupa’s purpose is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives.

 

A leading international healthcare group, we offer personal and
company health insurance, run care homes for older people and hospitals,
and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic
disease management services, including health coaching, and home
healthcare.

 

With no shareholders, we invest our profits to provide more and
better healthcare. We are committed to making quality, patient-centred,
affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic
disease management and ageing.

 

Employing nearly 52,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world,
principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as
well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin
America.

For more information, visit www.bupa.com

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    Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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