Saturday, August 22, 2009

Berlin: Gabrielson 36th in World Marathon

Team USA Minnesota's Matt Gabrielson finished 36th in this morning's IAAF World Championships marathon in Berlin.

The 2008 Twin Cities Marathon runner-up ran 2:18:41. Kenya's Abel Kirui won the event in 2:06:54.

Gabrielson passed the half-way mark of the race in 1:07:03.

Dan Browne, the 2002 Twin Cities Marathon champion finished 24th in 2:16:49.

Full results are HERE.

Goucher Races Tomorrow ... Kara Goucher will take to the Berlin marathon course tomorrow. The Duluth News-Tribune's Kevin Pates just wrote THIS fine feature on the Duluth native.

The startlist for the women's race is HERE.

Photo by Sean Hartnett.

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