This is one marathon experiences I will never have…
Marathon record is set in Berlin
By Liz Robbins
New York Times
BERLIN, Sept. 30 — Cruising alone for the final seven miles on the Berlin city streets lined with damp, golden leaves Sunday morning, Haile Gebrselassie shattered the world record in the marathon by 29 seconds, securing a mark he has coveted since he was a teenager in Ethiopia.
The rain and wind had stopped by 9 a.m. after a soggy three days, and, along with a flat course and five pacesetters flanking him, the conditions were ideal for Gebrselassie’s record run of 2 hours 4 minutes 26 seconds for the 26.2 miles.
It was 29 seconds faster than Paul Tergat’s previous world record on this same course in 2003. To the 34-year-old Gebrselassie, this world record, his 23rd in distances ranging from two miles to 5,000 meters to the marathon, this record was the most satisfying.
“Without question,” he said, grinning, “because it is the king of distance.”
I need to run another marathon…
A few weeks ago, Apple Inc. released the long-awaited iPod updates, doling out new colors for iPod shuffle, video capabilities for iPod nano and jumbo size upgrades for the iPod (which has been redubbed the iPod classic). This is all well and good, but the biggest development of this week’s Apple delivery was the unveiling of a product I have been longing to buy ever since iPod video underwhelmed with poor video performance: the iPod touch.