April 16 2008
*Last week's week in review can be found here
By LetsRun.com

2008 Flora London Marathon - Just How Good Was The Men's Race?
As usual, we'll assume you know what happened in the race. If not, please see our special 2008 Flora London Marathon Special Section. What we'll do here is try to put in perspective just how good the men's race was on Sunday. Prior to Sunday, just five times in history had a man run under 2:06 in the marathon. On Sunday, three did it in a single race. You've got to feel a bit for Abderrahim Goumri. He runs the 6th fastest marathon in history and finished 3rd in London.

The race gave us the fastest-ever 3rd place ( 2:05:30 - Gourmi), 4th place ( 2:06:15 - Emmauel Mutai), 5th place (2:06:17 - Ryan Hall) and 6th place (2:06:38 - Deribe Merga) in history.

Putting Ryan Hall's Performance In Perspective
Ryan Hall's 2:06:17 performance is simply...

In other action at Arcadia, the boys and girls 3,200s did not disappoint. In the boys race, Luke Puksedra won a nice battle with New Zealand's Dominic Channon in 8:46.60 to 8:48.00 thanks to a 61-second last lap. In the girls race, Jordan Hasay was actually challenged, but she ended up with her 3rd straight title as she won in 10:03.07 to Courtney Babcock's 10:04.03.
*Chris Derrick Runs Solo 13:55 At Arcadia To Smash HS-Only National Record...

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