some elites released for TD Bank / Beach to Beacon 10km....joanie's race
some elites released for TD Bank / Beach to Beacon 10km....joanie's race
Returning World-class Runners
The TD Bank Beach to Beach 10K Road Race attracts some of the world’s best road racers from around the globe. The recent selection of national teams in Kenya and Ethiopia threatened to dilute the field this year, but it appears it had the opposite effect.
Two top Kenyans, Micah Kogo and Mike Kigen, were upset in their highly competitive national track championships and will now be testing their speed in Cape Elizabeth. And that means the course record (27:28) may be in jeopardy, according to Elite Athlete Coordinator Larry Barthlow. Kogo, who won silver at 10,000m in the 2008 Olympics, has recorded the fastest 10K so far in 2011 - 27:15 at the Parelloop 10K in Holland. Kigen finished second in that race with a 27:26. Defending champ Gebre (GG) Gebremariam of Ethiopia (27:40) also is back, as are former champs and Kenyans Ed Muge (2008-09) and Gilbert Okari (2003-04-05), who set the course record in 2003.
On the women’s side, the trio of Werknesh Kidane (two-time Olympian and GG’s wife), Wude Ayalew (2010 runner up), both of Ethiopia, and Kenyan Alice Timbilili (two-time Olympian who finished second at the Peachtree 10K this month) will challenge the course record 30:59 set last year. And then there are the two running legends entered in the race: Deena Kastor, the American record holder in the marathon (she broke Joanie’s record) who is continuing her comeback here after giving birth in February, and Catherine Ndereba, a two-time Olympic silver medalist who won five of the first six Beach to Beacons. In the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics, Ndereba won her first silver medal while Kastor took home bronze. On Aug. 6, they’ll be running Shore Road together.
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