Paul Tergat
Paul Tergat
Paul Kibii Tergatis a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time...
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth17 June 1969
CityKabarnet, Kenya
experience painful wonderful wrap yesterday
This is a wonderful way to wrap up the year. Yesterday was a dramatic, painful experience.
focus giving opportunity top
This is giving us more of an opportunity to focus at the top level.
closest difficult
This is one of the closest races, and most difficult races, I've even ran.
athletes call century doubt easily match possible quality race
I call this the race of the century because it is not easily that you can find the quality of the athletes like in this race. I doubt that it will be possible to match it again.
accept against dream forced human race start stop
It was my dream to race against him again. But to start the race and be forced to stop wouldn't make sense. We are human and this is the human body. I have to accept it.
against dream forced race stop
It was my dream to race against Haile again. But to have started the race and then be forced to stop would not have made sense.
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The foundation was born out of conviction that our society is rich in the potential found in its people.
senior running country
It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just three runners from each country, like in the Olympics or World Championships, in the senior men's race there are nine.
athlete race training
I thought the race could be won in the last kilometers in the park. Every hill I ran in training I ran to gain an extra step in the park.
strong achieve wanted
My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve.
running track giving
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.