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Tergat sets sights on world record.(Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO _ For years, everyone has waited to see what would happen when one of the record-breaking African distance runners took his speed from the track to the marathon. The two names most often mentioned were those of Paul Tergat of Kenya and Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, the past and current world record-holder at 10,000 meters.
Sunday, Tergat will run the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, his second marathon, and Gebrselassie will make his road race debut at the World Half Marathon Championships in Bristol, England.
A rule of thumb suggests a man should be able to run a marathon 10 percent slower than his best time for 10,000 meters.
Using Tergat's best 10,000 meters, 26 minutes, 44.44 seconds in 1998, that would translate to approximately a 2 hour, 3 minute marathon, well under the world record of 2:05:42 set by Khalid Khannouchi in Chicago in 1999.
No wonder, then, there was such anticipation for Tergat's marathon debut this April in London. He finished second in an excellent but not record time, 2:08:15, and he gained valuable knowledge about the marathon.
"I found out the marathon was completely different from everything else because of the combination of endurance and speed you need," Tergat said Monday by phone from Kenya.
"Before the race, I was listening to everybody's opinion about what was the best way to train and run a marathon. Now I have my own opinion. I believe that 2:05 or 2:04 is possible, but not 2:02 or 2:03."
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