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Last Sunday I must have shrunk one of my biggest successes. I won the Great Australian Run in Melbourne about 15km on the road. Think this is not as spectacular, but when when white was relative who at the start, get that! Here are a few runners and their achievements: Samuel Wanjiru (Olympic 2008 Marathon, World Marathon Majors champion 2008/2009), Stefano Baldini (Olympic Champion 2004, European Champion 2006 in the marathon), Jose Manuel Martinez (10.000m European Champion 2006), Collis Birmingham (Australian Record Holder more than 10,000 in 27:29,73) Giovanni Ruggiero (half-marathon best performance 1:02:09) and then some.
Before the race had to athletes, organizers and the press agree that there can be only one winner, Sammy Wanjiru, but it did not happen!
The race was quite to my wish: we walked away fairly relaxed and after I took the lead just under 2km. I tried to shrink the lead group and I succeeded right away. After just one kilometers in around 2:42 there were only Wanjiru, Birmingham, and I at the top. After about 5km, when the increase began around the Botanical Garden, I had my Australian training partner, Collis Birmingham do the work. Shortly before the end of the hill, I realized that Wanjiru has had problems and I accelerated again. From then on, Collis and I were alone at the top! My weakness, the mountain running, this time I had even more under control. The next short Beragaufstück I wanted to know. I accelerated and was able to Birmingham a few meters distance. The last good 5 km I constantly pressed the pace and was able to lead the first 40 meters and maintain a constant increase in the last few km to be on 100 meters! Through my time at 10km (28:45) I was even around two seconds faster than Haile Gebrselassie in the previous year and of course motivated me further. By 43:01 I was in the pouring rain at the finish and was able to celebrate myself as a successor to the great Haile.
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