tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:25:24 +0000Running Related News and Commentary from an Ethiopian perspective.http://www.roocha.net/noreply@blogger.com (roocha)Blogger241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-4360644163340918590Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:19:00 +00002010-02-08T23:25:24.443-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Burka, Mesfin, and Gobena grab Ethiopian victories (2 February 2010) - A look back at the previous weekend's Ethiopian victories.Fast 5000s in Boston - Dibaba dominates, Lagat breaks US record (7 February 2010) - Tirunesh Dibaba won the women's 5000-meter race in a world-leading time, but failed to set a third World record. Kalkidan http://www.roocha.net/2010/02/news-of-note-1-february-8-february.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-8945132609218972384Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:03:00 +00002010-02-01T23:05:47.382-05:00Ethiopian sweep at Marrakech Marathon (1 February 2010) - Yared Daganw Sharew clocked a career best, beating fellow Ethiopian Gebressellassie Tsegay Reda in the men's race of the Marakech Marathon. Ethiopian Gelaw Tsega was victorious in the women's race, beating Kenyan Georgina Rono and Ethiopian Gebre Zebenaye Moges.With late race charge Gobena triumphs in Osaka (31 January 2010) - Ethiopian http://www.roocha.net/2010/02/news-of-note-25-january-31-january.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-8734191946323548189Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:52:00 +00002010-01-25T16:57:31.969-05:00Gelana shocks with 2:07:37 victory as course records tumble in Houston (18 January 2010) - An Ethiopian sweep of the Chevron Houston Marathon was celebrated on 17 January, with Teshome Gelana taking the men's race and defending champ Teyba Erkesso the women's race, both setting new course records. Gebrselassie fights off back pain and late race challenge to collect third Dubai victory (21 Januaryhttp://www.roocha.net/2010/01/news-of-note-18-january-25-january.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-9108098604549646820Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:13:00 +00002010-01-18T21:16:16.820-05:00The latest happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Ebuya, the modest prince who dethroned King Kenny (11 January 2010) - A look at Joseph Ebuya of Kenya, who beat Kenenisa Bekele by a a shocking 36 seconds in Edinburgh.Ethiopians set course records at Houston Marathon (17 January 2010) - Ethiopian Teyba Erkesso defended her title and broke the women's course record, while fellow Ethiopian http://www.roocha.net/2010/01/news-of-note-11-january-18-january.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-4162201922891816852Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:55:00 +00002010-01-11T02:01:12.012-05:00Exciting week in the world of Ethiopian running: Gebrselassie expected to tower over his opponents in Dubai; competitive women’s field (5 January 2010) - A look ahead at the 22 January Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. Cherkos and Kalovics take the honours at the 53rd Campaccio XC (6 January 2010) - Reigning World Junior 5000m champion Abraham Cherkos Feleke from Ethiopia won the Campaccio http://www.roocha.net/2010/01/news-of-note-4-january-10-january.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-1381191916655455414Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:41:00 +00002010-01-04T15:46:03.004-05:00Breaking record is on Gebrselassie’s mind (29 December 2009) - Haile Gebrselassie reveals the training schedule he has in place to prepare for a bid to beat his own marathon world record in Dubai.Supremacy battle between Kenya, Ethiopia in running continues (31 December 2009) - A look at 2009's mid, long distance, and road race results for Ethiopian and Kenya.Gebrselassie leads Ethiopian http://www.roocha.net/2010/01/news-of-note-28-december-3-january.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-5393106037620392479Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:30:00 +00002009-12-28T16:32:48.254-05:00Yelling to take on Dibaba in Edinburgh (21 December 2009) - Briton Hayley Yelling will race against reigning Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba at the Bupa Great Edinburgh International Cross Country permit race on 9 January 2010.Packed domestic season in 2010 (24 December 2009) - The Ethiopian domestic circuit will feature no fewer than 20 competitions in 2010. In addition, Ethiopians will take http://www.roocha.net/2009/12/news-of-note-21-december-28-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-7225726221183896922Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:57:00 +00002009-12-21T15:02:10.260-05:00Ethiopian Running News: Burka lines up indoor races to tune up for world title defense (15 December 2009) - Gelete Burka has indoor races lined up in Stockholm, Karlsruhe, Birmingham, and Stuttgart before she races in the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha (7-9 March 2010) in defense of her title. Tirunesh Dibaba Will Return to Reebok Boston Indoor Games (16 December 2009) - 5000 and http://www.roocha.net/2009/12/news-of-note-14-december-21-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-2323749250632779356Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:14:00 +00002009-12-14T15:17:59.278-05:00Ethiopian Running News:Rotich and Toroitich collect Marathon wins in Las Vegas (7 December 2009) - Kenyans won the December 6 Rock 'n Roll Las Vegas Marathon, with Ethiopians Terefe Yae and Assefa Tesfaye coming in second and third in the men's race, and Serkalem Abrha and Adanech Zekiros third and fourth in the women's race.Beating the conditions, Manza and Cheptonui take Montferland 15Km wins http://www.roocha.net/2009/12/news-of-note-7-december-14-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-4999531089158883280Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:37:00 +00002009-12-07T04:42:00.231-05:00An exciting week for Ethiopian runners!Ethiopian double at Obudu International (1 December 2009) - Ethiopia's Habtamu Fikadu and Mamitu Deska win the 5th Obudu International Mountain Race in Nigeria on November 28.Wanjiru and Mikitenko to defend their London titles (2 December 2009) - Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru will race in a competitive men's field which includes Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, who was http://www.roocha.net/2009/12/news-of-note-30-november-6-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-8348401296847721476Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +00002009-11-30T17:32:40.573-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running: Crazy about running – facts and figures from the 2009 Ethiopian Airlines Great Ethiopian Run (24 November 2009) - A number of records were broken at this year's Great Ethiopian Run, which had three times as many participants as its first year.Haron Lagat, Alemtsehay Misganaw Win 73rd Manchester Road Race (26 November 2009) - Ethiopian http://www.roocha.net/2009/11/news-of-note-23-november-30-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-7058591367413386514Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +00002009-11-23T15:23:05.462-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Jelila and Regassa win 10km in Addis Ababa (22 November 2009) - Koreni Jelila and Tilahun Regassa both won in new course records at the Ethiopian Airlines 2009 Great Ethiopian Run 10km.Previous Coverage:Defending champion Chala Dechasa leads list of entries for men’s race- Great Ethiopian Run PREVIEW (18 November 2009)G. Dibaba the favoritehttp://www.roocha.net/2009/11/news-of-note-16-november-22-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-4459999797512226640Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +00002009-11-22T11:07:49.624-05:0019 Year old Tilahun Regassa won the men's race and improved the course record by almost 30 seconds. Earlier this month Tilahun had finished 4th in the Delhi half Marathon. Deriba Merga winner of the Delhi half was a DNF in this race. Tilahun has had a great year on road races this year winning numerous races. In the women's race, 23-year-old Koreni Jelila improved the course record by more than http://www.roocha.net/2009/11/great-ethiopia-run.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (welemta)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-3594901927971735534Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:17:00 +00002009-11-16T01:46:27.503-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Radcliffe comes as guest appearance to 2009 Great Ethiopian Run (10 November 2009) - British runner Paula Radcliffe makes her first trip to Ethiopia, as a guest of the 2009 Great Ethiopian Run taking place on 22 November.Like An Airline: A Behind-The-Scenes Look Into What It Takes To Set An Elite Marathon Field (10 November 2009) - A look http://www.roocha.net/2009/11/news-of-note-9-november-15-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-9119657795480565991Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:35:00 +00002009-11-09T00:57:32.829-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:2009 ING New York City Marathon - Derartu Tulu wins the NYC Marathon, three years after the birth of her daughter.In second comeback, Tulu wins one for her fans (3 November 2009) Behind Tulu's TriumphA Brief Chat With Meb Keflezighi and Derartu Tulu (3 November 2009)Gebru and Tesfaye grab 30k victories in Adama (2 November 2009) - Defense http://www.roocha.net/2009/11/news-of-note-2-november-8-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-3803033447536199342Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:04:00 +00002009-11-02T01:48:36.311-05:00"She ran alongside me and was like, come on, come on. We can do it, we can do it," a disappointed Radcliffe told reporters."Even when the girls took off she kind of waited with me a bit. But that's Derartu, She's always been like that."Tulu support fails to push Radcliffe to marathon winhttp://www.roocha.net/2009/11/derartu-tulu-class-act.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (welemta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-7285492931874206491Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:55:00 +00002009-11-02T00:59:30.575-05:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Feyisa Lilesa, first Ethiopian to win Dublin City Marathon (26 October 2009) - 19-year-old Feyisa Lilesa's marathon debut time was just five seconds outside the course record.Mengistu victory highlights Ethiopian weekend performances (26 October 2009) - Ethiopian Meseret Mengistu wins the Marsellie-Cassis Half marathon in France; Ethiopia http://www.roocha.net/2009/11/news-of-note-26-october-1-november.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-9111306032982692993Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:46:00 +00002009-10-26T02:10:13.799-04:00Interesting happenings in the world of Ethiopian running:Roba successfully defends in Istanbul (19 October 2009) - Results of the 31st Istanbul Eurasia Marathon. Defending champion Kasime Adilo Roba wins the men's race, while fellow Ethopian Busenesh Urgesa claimed victory in the women's division. Also check out Ethiopians sweep Eurasia Marathon honors Wins for Ethiopians in road weekend (19 http://www.roocha.net/2009/10/news-of-note-19-october-25-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Taylor)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-7166871943141038771Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:05:00 +00002009-10-13T23:49:00.455-04:00Today marks 3rd birthday for Roocha. It has been rather slow here in 2009, but we will find out if third time is truly charm...You can get a more frequent update by following Roocha on Twitter here.http://www.roocha.net/2009/10/happy-birthday-third-time-is-charm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-2507606095606906574Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-08-23T10:22:27.763-04:00UPDATE: This turned out to be an interesting race, but I have mixed feeling about the result of the Ethiopian team. Aselefech Mergia, who first came to prominence by winning the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis few years ago, turned in an outstanding performance. Aselefech won a bravely fought bronze medal running 2:25:32 which is only 30 seconds off of her PR. Considering it is very rare to run a PRhttp://www.roocha.net/2009/08/open-thread-berlin-woens-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-1702934387695572826Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:43:00 +00002009-08-22T08:18:21.481-04:00UPDATE: Kenya 1-2-5 with Kiru, Mutai, Cheruiyot. Ethiopia 3-4 with Tsegaye Kebede and Yemane Tsegay. Good showing for Ethiopia. I really like the young Ethiopian marathoners who are disciplined enough to back off a hot pace and remain composed to work their way back to the front. Great work from both Tsegaye and Yemane. It looks like Deriba Merga blew up and dropped out.The Ethiopian coach (http://www.roocha.net/2009/08/open-thread-berlin-mens-marathon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-5652913953299825573Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:20:00 +00002009-08-22T01:25:38.179-04:00The only event for Team Ethiopia on day 7 was women’s 1500M semi-final and it had a very successful outcome. Get used to this name because you will be hearing it a lot: KALKIDAN GEZAHEGNE. As expected, Gelete Burka and Maryam Jamal (the Ethiopian-turned-Bahraini, formerly Zenebech Tola) advanced to the final comfortably. But the real story in this event belongs to Kalkidan Gezahegne.Kalkidan is http://www.roocha.net/2009/08/team-ethiopia-in-berlin-day-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-5541663199269419836Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:04:00 +00002009-08-21T16:38:22.745-04:00Women’s 5000MDay 5 started with women’s 5000M qualification. Speculation of Tirunesh possibly competing in the 5000M as well as Mesert Defar’s withdrawal due to illness proved unfounded. The qualifying round for this event is almost unnecessary because 15 out of the 22 women would advance to the final.All the Ethiopians have comfortably advanced to Saturday’s final. Sentayehu Ejigu looked very http://www.roocha.net/2009/08/team-ethiopia-in-berlin-day-5-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-6108322751899956710Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:30:00 +00002009-08-20T23:12:07.167-04:00 I hope the 2013 World Champs will be hosted in the Americas (2011 already given to Daegu, South Korea, so too late for that). Besides may be getting a chance to watch the action in person, the TV schedule will be much easier to deal with. The past few days have been challenging to watch the events on tape delay at night, while staying away from hearing the results during the day. Of course, as http://www.roocha.net/2009/08/team-ethiopia-in-berlin-day-2-3-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35946489.post-8187402772756100726Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-08-16T11:40:54.258-04:00The one bit of downside to having a dynasty is that the ending is always painful. End of a dynasty pretty much describes fate of Team Ethiopia on Day 1 in Berlin, and perhaps the entire meet. Please forgive my grumpy attitude but Roocha has always questioned the viability of an entire national athletic program resting on a shoulder of superstars you can count on half of one hand, especially when http://www.roocha.net/2009/08/team-ethiopia-in-berlin-day-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (roocha)1