source : the age
On a ferry trip to the launch event for the Sydney Marathon on Thursday, Tanzanian star Alphonce Simbu was chatting with some of the other elite runners. They agreed to have a big crack at breaking the course record today.
“We are planning to make it a new record for here. On Sunday we can do it, this is possible,” Simbu said.
Like social running in general, record-breaking and marathons is on trend right now.
In April, Kenyan star Sabastian Sawe became a household name by becoming the first person to legally run a marathon in under two hours, winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds.
Good morning readers, and what a morning it has been.
Do you know where the Sydney Marathon starts? North Sydney. And do you know where The Sydney Morning Herald offices are? North Sydney?
Was I naive to think my parking pass would be a golden ticket through this urban hell? Potentially. But after many laps of the suburb I have abandoned my car, prayed to the parking gods that they don’t give me a ticket, and finally found myself at a keyboard.
So let’s try that again – it’s Sydney Marathon day!
