Kenenisa Bekele’s Wake-Up Call
The evening after the Chicago Marathon, the world’s greatest distance runner faces the difficulty of transitioning to the marathon.
Kenenisa Bekele announced this week that he will chase a PR on January 23, 2015 at the Dubai Marathon, under his new coach Renato Canova. This comes after a disappointing performance at the 2014 Chicago Marathon, from the man who owns the world records at 5,000m and 10,000m, three Olympic gold medals and 11 world cross country titles. For a moment in October, he appeared mortal and that is where Running Times found him, contemplating his future in competing at the perplexing distance.
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