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Anyone as curious as I am about Paul Tergat's fate in the Berlin Marathon Sunday?
I've been hearing some good things about his fitness and confidence that he's figured out the distance. I'm guessing he'll get it right one of these times, and this weekend could be it.
It's funny how this sport works. Tergat's five marathon efforts have largely been written off as failures. Yet consider we're talking about a guy who last year ran 2:05:48 and 2:06:18 and in his last four races has lost by a total combined margin of just 39 seconds. That's equivalent to a 100m guy losing 4 smokin' fast dashes by an average of just 0.02. In Tergat's second and third marathons he lost by just 4 and 3 seconds--finishes so close that in terms of the 100m you wouldn't be able to break the tie.
Tergat hasn't received the credit he deserves in the marathon. Here's hoping he finally wins one.
I've been hearing some good things about his fitness and confidence that he's figured out the distance. I'm guessing he'll get it right one of these times, and this weekend could be it.
It's funny how this sport works. Tergat's five marathon efforts have largely been written off as failures. Yet consider we're talking about a guy who last year ran 2:05:48 and 2:06:18 and in his last four races has lost by a total combined margin of just 39 seconds. That's equivalent to a 100m guy losing 4 smokin' fast dashes by an average of just 0.02. In Tergat's second and third marathons he lost by just 4 and 3 seconds--finishes so close that in terms of the 100m you wouldn't be able to break the tie.
Tergat hasn't received the credit he deserves in the marathon. Here's hoping he finally wins one.
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