Tuesday, November 09, 2010

The Emperor

Here's a nice piece on the great distance runner Haile Gebrselassie's retirement, "looking back, and forward".

I have a niggling feeling that he'll be back to race again. I'm not fully convinced his retirement is set in stone. As said in the piece, two months ago he ran a 59:33 (!) in a half marathon, his fastest time since 2008.

Only time will tell, but if I had to guess right now, I expect we haven’t seen the last of the “Emperor”. But I also have a feeling we have seen the best of him. And we should count ourselves as fortunate, because again, whether you’re a 49:59 10km runner, a sub-4 minute miler, or an aspirant 2:03 marathon runner, Haile Gebrselassie has played no small part in your belief and achievement
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