Emile Cairess leads the British problem on the Copenhagen Half-Marathon on Sunday (Sept 17) with the one-hour barrier in his sights.
His PB of 60:32 from Valencia final yr locations him No.4 on the UK rankings with just one Brit having damaged 60 minutes up to now – Mo Farah with 59:07 on the file ineligible Nice North Run course and the UK file of 59:32 on the Lisbon Half.
Cairess gained silver behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the European Cross-Nation Championships final December after which ran 2:08:07 on his marathon debut in London in April.
He has raced flippantly this summer season however is coming into a busy autumn interval with Copenhagen adopted by one other half-marathon in Valencia on October 22.
Fellow Brits in Copenhagen embody Lily Partridge, Phily Bowden, Mhairi Maclennan and Ellis Cross, with the Mahamed brothers – Zak and Mahamed – pacing the elite males.
The occasion grew out of the 2014 World Half-Marathon Championships and is now in its ninth version. Such is its success the World Athletics Gold Stage occasion has additionally been chosen to host the 2026 World Highway Operating Championships too.
As well as, Cairess has picked course as final yr the highest 15 males broke 60 minutes.
Main entries on Sunday embody Kennedy Kimutai, a 58:28 man from Kenya, plus fellow Kenyan Bernard Kiprop Koech, the Hamburg Marathon winner this yr in 2:04:09.
Look out too for Bravin Kiprop and Richard Yator Kimunyan of Kenya plus 19-year-old Ethiopian Boki Diriba, whereas Henrik Ingebrigtsen of Norway makes his half-marathon debut.
The ladies’s subject is led by 65:41 runner Hawi Feysa and 65:46 runner Bosena Mulate of Ethiopia plus Gladys Chepkurui of Kenya, who has a better of 65:46.
Different contenders embody European cross-country champion Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal of Norway.
The race begins at 11.15am native time and is proven stay on Eurosport and Discovery+ along with the CPH Half app. For more information, see right here.
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