Athletics
Unknown Kibet stalks world marathon record
Posted Monday, July 13 2009 at 22:30
Kibet says lowering his personal best would be easier should Gebreselassie set his sights on breaking his own record.
“I will stand a high chance of attaining the feat if Haile Gebrselassie goes for the world record. The Berlin course is fine. I need good pacemakers, like those we had in Rotterdam,” he said.
Kibet is less interested with the Berlin World Championships due next month as the absence of pacemakers there will deny him a lower time.
“The best time is unattainable at the World Championships. Whether I win or not, I need the time and Haile is my only challenger,” said Kibet, who lives in Kesses Division, 30 kilometres from Eldoret.
The Berlin Marathon also sets the ideal stage for Kibet and London and Olympic marathons winner Wanjiru, who also wants to be accepted as the world’s leading marathon runner, to clash. Wanjiru banks on a personal best of 2:05.09, which he set this year in London.
Kibet said: “I need to cross the 35km mark at between one hour and 40 to 57 minutes to attain my dream at this world record pace. I think my debut at the Berlin Marathon will credit me with the best time in marathon.”
Kibet trains under the Rosa Associati stable that is managed by Italian Federico Rosa, son of Gabriele, who is associated with great Kenyan runners among them Paul Tergat and Moses Tanui.
Tanui, a two-time Boston marathon winner, is confident Kibet can make it.
“Kibet is still young and is in a fine shape. Whoever runs under 2:06 in any marathon race has the potential to claim honours,” said Tanui.
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Submitted by arap gabrielPosted July 16, 2009 04:33 PM
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Submitted by lewisramsey
Did i hear of Federico Rosa? I hope readers will revisit my previous post. Can Kenya as a country pride of her athletes without mentioning the foreign managers behind their success? Then, let AK stop fooling the public that they have banned the top managers from managing Kenyan runners. I thank Individual runners and all behind them. Meanwhile, sport management in the country deserves alot of attention.
Posted July 14, 2009 07:28 AM
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It's a big shame AK management are trying to ban these managers,they know the only way out of poverty for these athletes are to run,what option AK is providing to these athletes knowing how hard they trained,this should know Ethiopia provides for their athletes well, and they have vowed to even win mid distance plus both the 5and 10k: Wake up AK!