Tirunesh for Madrid San Silvestre
MADRID (ESP): Chicago Marathon winner Tirunesh Dibaba will compete in the San Silvestre Vallecana 10K in Madrid on 31 December. Dibaba, who won this race in 2011 in 31:30, will face Ethiopian teammate Gelete Burka, Portugal’s Catarina Ribeiro and UK’s Alyson Dixon. Eritrea’s Nguse Amsolom will defend his title in the men’s race.
RunBlogRun opines: Tirunesh Dibaba is one of the finest athletes in our sport. Her tenure on the track, in Olympics and World Champs, is, well, unrivaled. Tirunesh has run three marathons, and she looks poised for another fast and furious one in 2018. Her run in Madrid, one of my favorite cities, should be spectacular on New Years Eve!
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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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