Comments on: Haile Gebrselassie Runs 2:02:37 at Marathon Des Sables in Morocco!

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:04:15 +0000

He’ll do it

By: DPeach

DPeach — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:38:23 +0000

Well, you got me on this one. I just read it and got excited. Did not even think to look anywhere else.

That was fun.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:29:43 +0000

It was a good time to be had by all, Tim.

By: Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:24:43 +0000

-- I debated before posting whether or not I would look foolish… but I went ahead and opted to look foolish

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:21:12 +0000

For those just joining, I’ve unmoderated the comments of those asking if it was an april fool’s day joke.

And for those that didn’t notice the comment about a great way to start March, yes, this was a bit of April Fool’s Day.

I’m not really sure what an “obvious sting in the tail” is supposed to be, but apparently the fact that the race actually being 151 miles and not 26.2 wasn’t obvious enough, nor the comment about it beginning the beginning of April.

Thanks for playing along! I got a lot of emails about this.

By: Audrey

Audrey — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:21:11 +0000

You may just be on the ball, Steve. Check out the date. I know Haile is brilliant, but breaking his own world record on sand??

By: Kato

Kato — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:08:33 +0000

hoax stories like this, with no obvious sting in the tail, reduce a website’s credibility rather than enhance its reputation.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:34:22 +0000

I can’t work out if this is one of the most impressive athletic performances in history or a cunning April Fools story from Blaine.

What say you?

--Steve

By: Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:41:15 +0000

I was just talking about this to someone the other day…. wondering if someone will ever break that 2 hour mark. We keep getting closer. Absolutely unbelievable!

By: jason

jason — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:04:48 +0000

April fools joke?

By: Huh?

Huh? — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:59:55 +0000

Given that it’s April 1st, I have to wonder whether this is an April Fools joke. It’s fascinating to me that this story is right at the edge of believability.

By: Eric E. Clarke

Eric E. Clarke — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:45:18 +0000

How much did Gebrselassie weigh before the start of the Marathon Des Sables?

By: dpeach

dpeach — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:46:39 +0000

Amazing and thrilling!