
When world record holder Haile Gebrselassie dropped out of the New York City Marathon just more than halfway through, it opened the door for a different man from Ethiopia to grab the stage and Gebre Gebremariam took advantage.After moving the track to the roads,, Gebrselassie clocked two hours four minutes 26 seconds to break Kenyan Paul Tergat’s world marathon at the 2007 Berlin race.Racing for the first time in the New York City Marathon, Gebrselassie will be considered both a favorite and an unknown quantity Will he blow everyone away? Struggle on the undulating course? He has trained on various surfaces and plans to wear shoes that are softer than the usual racing flats.
