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Mens 25k/30k World Record Full Race (Moses Mosop 25km 1:12:25.4 - 30km 1:26:47.4) - Prefontaine Classic 2011

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30,000 Metres - Men 1 Mosop , Moses Cheruiyot KEN 1:26:47.4 2 Kirui , Abel KEN 1:30:00.1 3 Macharinyang , Hosea Mwok KEN 1:32:25.6 4 Chirlee , Joseph KEN 1:34:12.7 5 Ennani , Adil MAR 1:40:26.6 Beyi , Worku ETH DNF Kibet , Stephen Kipkosgei KEN DNF Kimurer , Joel Kemboi KEN DNF Nigusse , Ketema ETH DNF 

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recap via Race Results Weekly - Moses Mosop, the Kenyan who ran an extraordinary marathon debut at Boston last April in 2:03:06, backed-up that performance by crushing the IAAF world records in the rarely run 25,000 and 30,000-meters.  In front of a sparse but enthusiastic crowd at Hayward Field, Mosop followed the pacemaking of Ethiopian Ketema Nigusse Tola through 10,000m in 29:19.0.  At that point, he was still joined by compatriots Stephen Kibet, Joel Kimurer, Abel Kirui and Hosea Macharinyang.

Kimurer was dropped at about 15,000m (43:56.1), and then Mosop began to press the pace.  From 15 to 16 kilometers, he ran 2:50.8, leaving only Kimurer still with him.  Mosop said he was feeling at home on the Hayward Field track.

"The conditions for me were very, very fine," he said after the race.  "My body was very OK.  When I was in Boston I had no experience, but when I am in track I had good experience."  

Mosop began to cut the lap times down into the 68's from 70 seconds, and 43 laps into the 75-lap race, Kimurer could no longer stay with him.  Mosop ran the 45th lap in 63.2 seconds, then powered through 20-K in a USA all-comers record of 58:02.2.  Running the second 10-K in 28:43, he knew he was still fresh enough to go the full distance at that pace.

"When I was in 20-K I say I am very comfortable here, I'll make it the last laps," he recalled.

On each lap, Mosop received an ovation from the crowd.  He did not let up, keeping his laps under 70 seconds.  With meet announcer Garry Hill bellowing encouragement through the public address system, Mosop clipped through the 25,000m mark in a new world record of 1:12:25.2, shattering Toshihiko Seko's mark of 1:13:55.8 set back in 1981.

But Mosop was far from finished.  He was actually able to hold his pace for the final 12 and one-half laps, running the last 5000m in a hard-to-believe 14:22 (last lap in 63.2 seconds), to break Seko's 1981 30,000m world record of 1:29:18.8.  Mosop was clocked in 1:26:47.4, meaning that he ran his third 10-kilometer segment in 28:45, a time which would win most 10-K road races.

"Today was very hard because today I had a lot of pressure," said Mosop wearing a "Stop Mosop" T-shirt emblazoned with a red stop sign.  "Because now I am going home, then I am going to prepare (for the) Chicago (marathon).  Then in Chicago I want to run better than Boston.  I say now I want to run maybe two-zero-two."

Mosop's coach, Renato Canova, agreed that a 2:02 marathon was possible for his athlete, but not by this fall.  "It means that in one year's time he can run a marathon at 29 (minutes) per 10,000," said the Italian coach.  "It means a 2:02:30, or something like this."

Abel Kirui, the 2009 world marathon champion, finished second in 1:30:00.1, two laps back.  He told reporters he was hampered by a foot injury suffered while riding an exercise bike.

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recap via usatf.org - Moses Mosop of Kenya kicked off the night by shattering two world records while running the 30,000m. His first record came at the 25km split, which he passed in 1:12:25.4. The previous record of 1:13:55.8 was set in 1981 by Toshihiko Seko of Japan. In the 30,000m, Mosop logged a 1:26:47.4, which eclipsed Seko’s record of 1:29:18.8.  Abel Kirui of Kenya was a distant second in 1:30:00.1.

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