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b. 1982
Zersenay Tadese (1982) is an Eritrean former long-distance track and road running athlete. He held the men's half marathon world record from 2010 to 2018.
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I feel it’s perfect for a cross country runner, In the past many cross country runners got good results here.
It is a very nice city and the people are very friendly, The people enjoy cycling. It is very healthy to cycle.
At the moment, I have no plans for a [full] marathon but in the future, yes I will run a marathon.
I am talking to my advisors about moving up to the marathon, either in 2009 or 2010 but nothing is decided yet.
I am well prepared for this race, I will try to break the world record. But the weather could be decisive.
My goal in the future is to break the world record for the half-marathon, You need luck on the day though.
The marathon is so different, The training is so different to when you’re training for 10,000m or half marathon, but I have done many kilometres.
I have prepared well, better than any marathon ever.
For this race they don’t have pacemakers, so it depends on the athletes. The athletes are coming here for a win, not the time.
I like the half marathon very much, but the marathon is another way, For the future, I want to do a marathon.
I have prepared well, I will try to do my best, although the Kenyans they are very strong.
For about two years, I would run from my house to school every morning. Coming home, I would normally walk, though sometimes too I would run the full 14km back.
I’ve been running 250 to 300km [155 to 186 miles] per week.
Many of us runners come from these backgrounds. It is basically the lifestyle. If you say to yourself you can do something, you have the strength and will to do it.
The race was hard, I had to push on. Now I can have a rest and then prepare for the cross country.
I thought it would be like home, when the flag goes down. I didn’t know I had to start when a gun went off.
My tactics will depend on the conditions, This is what my coach has told me. I have two or three tactics – but we will see in the race!
I'm really happy, it was very important for me to win and take my fourth title.
Kenya and Ethiopia have been racing for 60 or 70 years, but us only since 2004, Back then, we were four or five. Now there are 300 to 500 people you see every morning jogging and training. That is massive progress.
To see my country’s flag rise, that was amazing. Yes, I have come a long way.