Kenenisa Bekele, Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris 2014,
photo courtesy of Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris
Kenenisa Bekele and Jos Hermans made a monumental decision when they turned down offers from London and decided to run in Paris for Bekeles’ marathon debut.
At 27 kilometers, Kenenisa dropped a kilometer in 2:49 on the field and that was that. Actually, Kenenisa had cramps in his hamstrings from 29k to 35k and he was worried, but he persevered, as most debut marathoners do.
Kenenisa Bekele was rewarded with a 2:05:03, the sixth fastest debut of all times. Bekele told RunBlogRun that he would take a week off, then, begin training for the 10,000 meters and run the Pre Classic on May 30.
For his fine debut, Kenenisa Bekele is RunBlogRun’s April Global Athlete of the Month! The video was produced by The Shoe Addicts.
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Larry Eder has had a 51-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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