Three weeks earlier than making her marathon debut in London, Eilish McColgan will sort out the Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday (April 2) on the lookout for a confidence-boosting efficiency.
The 32-year-old has handled numerous harm niggles thus far this yr comparable to bursitis on her knee and Achilles and calf points. Regardless of this she broke Paula Radcliffe’s long-standing British 10,000m report with 30:00.86 in California in the beginning of March though she subsequently withdrew from final weekend’s NYC Half.
After coaching in altitude in Colorado, she is now set to journey to Europe this week to run the Generali-sponsored Berlin Half Marathon the place her rivals embody Tsigie Gebreselama of Ethiopia and Ludwina Chepngetich of Kenya, whereas fellow Brits Samantha Harrison and Calli Thackery are additionally set to compete.
Gebreselama has run 65:46 – which she ran in Valencia final October behind Konstanze Klosterhalfen – whereas Chepngetich has run 67:30 and McColgan’s UK report is 66:26.
Tsigie Gebreselama
Gebreselama, 22, additionally received silver behind Beatrice Chebet within the girls’s race on the latest World Cross Nation Championships in Australia.
You possibly can anticipate quick occasions as a result of very very similar to town’s annual marathon within the autumn, the half-marathon has seen fast occasions over time. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands ran 65:45 right here in 2019 with the present course report held by Kenya’s Sheila Kiprotich Chepkirui with 65:02 from 12 months in the past.
The boys’s line-up in the meantime is led by Sabastian Sawe, whose PB of 58:02, plus fellow Kenyans Philemon Kiplimo and Alex Kibet, the latter being the 2022 winner in Berlin. Up in opposition to the Kenyans are Dominic Lobalu of South Sudan and Gemechu Dida of Ethiopia, whose PBs are 59:12 and 59:21 respectively.
The primary wave of runners set off simply after 10am native time and the stay stream is beneath.
Mo Farah can also be set to face an enormous pre-London Marathon take a look at in coming days as he tackles the Port Gentil 10km in Gabon, west Africa, on April 8.
Rivals embody Yassin Haji of Ethiopia (PB 27:00), Daniel Kosen of Kenya (27:01), Chimdesa Debele of Ethiopia (27:10) and Emmanuel Kiprop (27:13).
Farah, who lately turned 40, will likely be racing for the primary time since successful the Huge Half 61:49 final September. His solely different race in 2022 was his shock defeat to Ellis Cross over 10km in London in Might.
Mo Farah
So will probably be fascinating to see how he goes after a latest spell of altitude coaching in Ethiopia and with the London Marathon doubtlessly his farewell look.
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