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Haile Gebrselassie

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I used to run to school, 10k every day. And this at altitude, perfect preparation, really.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#day #every #every day #i #perfect

I want to avoid injuries by running only road.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#i #injuries #only #road #running

I want to go down in history.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#go #history #i #want

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#famous #i #me #people #talk

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#experience #i #look #new #new york

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#boy #child #cows #day #every

I'm a runner first before anything else.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#before #else #first #i #runner

I'm never satisfied.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#never #satisfied

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#new #new york #really #run #york

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke.


— Haile Gebrselassie


#else #make #money #nothing #only






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Did you know about Haile Gebrselassie?

His problems continued at the NYC Half Marathon where he pulled up mid-race visibly uncomfortable in his running. With four laps to go (8:40. On 26 September he suffered a double setback when he dropped out of the Berlin Marathon (again suffering from respiratory difficulties of exercise-induced asthma) and saw his world records for 30 kilometers and the marathon broken by the man with whom he had been duelling Patrick Makau.

He won two Olympic gold medals over 10000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He broke 61 Ethiopian National Records ranging from 800 meters to the marathon set 27 world records and is widely considered one of the greatest distance runners in history.

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