Delhi Marathon 2007 cancelled

I dont know what to write about these guys (SMGI). They have made a tamasha out of marathons. Year after year, their ineptitude and lack of professionalism has just grown by leaps and bounds. Last time they postponed it twice before finally organizing a wishy-washy event. This year, they went one step ahead and postponed it all the way to the end of the year. Here's what these guys had to say on their website:

'We had the first Delhi Marathon last year and we are working to make the second one a much nicer event.Despite our best efforts we are sorry to say that we are unable to hold the marathon this February as planned. The second Delhi Marathon would be now on 9th December 2007 and we promise to make it a marathon to remember.'

Well, these guys are really the skunk of the universe, the absolute garbage material. They really make me sick giving all the wonderful excuses about their mismanagement. Here's something more they add:

'We had to postpone it, and you understood. Now we seek your understanding and support once again. '

An absolute gem of a statement, this surely is in the George Bush class, absolute idiocy. Too read more funny stuff, check out their site.

A new Half Marathon world record!

58:53 ... thats the time Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya took to complete the half marathon distance of 21.097 kms, and break the existing record of the great Haile Gebrselassie, who ran 58:55 in Phoenix, Arizona on 15 January 2006 (source iaaf.org). The record was set in the Ras Al Khaimah International Half Marathon in the United Arab Emirates on February 9th. This race also saw the third best time ever in a half marathon, recorded by another Kenyon, Patrick Makau. who finished second in 59:13.

The 20 year old Wanjiru in fact held this record at 59:16 before Gebraselassie broke it in 2006.