From Running Network:

"Women:One week ago, Naoko Takahashi shocked the sport with the first women's
sub two-twenty marathon, when she ran a 2:19:46 marathon at Berlin. Running much
the same way, actually charging into the lead at ten miles, in 54:18, then
hitting twenty miles in 1:46:12 - 51:56 for her second ten miles, Catherine held
on and demolished not only the course record at The La Salle Banks Marathon, but
broke Takahashi's record by one minute, with a final time of 2:18:46! Catherine
Ndereba is the new world record holder in the women's marathon with a time of
2:18:46!"


"Men: Ben Kimondiu, who really run an interval workout today, hitting the half
in 1:03:21, then jogging for 30 seconds, then leading for the final miles of the
race, shocked not only the world of running, but also himself. A local
newscaster asked him if he knew that he had shocked the sport with his win? Ben
responded, quite honestly, " I am sorry.""
http://www.runningnetwork.com/features/chicagolive2001.html

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Subject: t-and-f: ANOTHER WOMAN MARATHON WR!


>
> The men's winner pulled the same trick that was pulled at LA a few years ago
by an American whose
> name escapes me right now.
>
> "Women:One week ago, Nakao Takahashi shocked the sport with the first women's
sub two-twenty
> marathon, when she ran a 2:19:46 marathon at Berlin. Running much the same
way, actually charging
> into the lead at ten miles, in 54:18, then hitting twenty miles in 1:46:12 -
51:56 for her second
> ten miles, Catherine held on and demolished not only the course record at The
La Salle Banks
> Marathon, but broke Takahashi's record by one minute, with a final time of
2:18:46! Catherine
> Ndereba is the new world record holder in the women's marathon with a time of
2:18:46!"
>
>
>
>
> http://www.runningnetwork.com/features/chicagolive2001.html
> Regards,
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>