Gebrselassie sets marathon record...

[ServeItUp]

... and then apologizes to Paul Tergat for breaking it. Much respect to Nurmi, Zatopek, Keino, Shorter and Bekila, but Geb is the greatest.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/trackandfield/news/story?id=3043374

 

[Mayfly]

Geb is an amazing specimen and a great runner. This is well deserved.

 

[spnited]

By far the greatest distance runner of all-time. Truly amazing.

 

[In Cold Blood]

Broke the record by half a minute. He's an f'ing stud. Hope the stars align correctly, he stays healthy, and can get an olympic marathon gold next year.

has bekele ever made mention of a desire to move up to the marathon someday? His dominance at 10k/cross country makes me think he'd be a great marathon runner.

 

[trifectarich]

That's a little more than 4 and a half minutes a mile for more than 26 miles. I'm not sure if my car will go that fast.

Phenomenal.

 

[Football_Bat]

Berlin is such a ridiculously flat course, it stands to reason the record will fall there as it has numerous times before and will again. I hope I'm still alive to see a sub-2:00 'thon.

 

[friend of a friend]

Geb is a beast. Just shows how far track has fallen off the map that this guy isn't as well known in the U.S.

 

[zimbabwe]

Wow.

At that rate, he would have been in my rearview on his SECOND marathon as I finished ONE.

Truly an awesome achievement.