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Cherono Breaks Ottawa 10km Course Record - IAAF

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   May 24th 2015, 6:30pm
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Cherono Breaks Ottawa 10km Course Record

Published by the IAAF on May 23, 2015

At Friday’s pre-event press conference for the Ottawa 10km, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, Kenya’s Gladys Cherono admitted she was now considering herself a marathoner having run 2:20:03 and finishing second in Dubai this past January.

But after smashing the Ottawa course record on Saturday (23) with a PB of 30:56 on a windy night, she is likely having doubts.

That record (31:21) had been set by fellow Kenyan Mary Keitany a year ago.

The victory earned Cherono both US $8,000 prize money plus US $2,000 for the course record and another US $2,000 for being the first athlete, male or female, to cross the finish line in a special ‘gender challenge’. The women were given a head start of 3:25 and Cherono managed to stave off their advance.

Early in the race it was her 21-year-old compatriot Peres Jepchirchir who pushed the pace, putting a gap between the pair and their pursuers. But following a long stretch where the runners faced a strong headwind, Cherono made her move.



Read the full article at: www.iaaf.org

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