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Galen Rupp smashed his PR and won the Prague Marathon by nearly a minute clocking 2:06:07
American’s Galen Rupp did as promised and the weather did not get in his way at the 24th Annual Volkswagen Prague Marathon Sunday morning May 6.
He ran an even pace the whole way reaching the half way point in 1:03:02. Ethiopian’s Sisay Lemma stayed close through 30k but Galen took control and clocked 1:03:05 for his second half finishing in 1:06:07.
This smashed his previous best by three minutes and 13 seconds. This makes Galen the third fastest American ever and his time was only 29 seconds off the official American Record held by Khalid Khannouchi.
Ryan Hall’s 2:04:58 clocked in Boston is not considered official since Boston is a point-to-point course. Galen has now finished five marathons setting a PR each time. The Prague Marathon kicked off at 9am local time from the Old Town Square.
Sisay finished second clocking 2:07:02. Thousands of runners from all over the world enjoyed the perfect weather and the beautiful course.
(05/06/2018) Views: 5,349 ⚡AMPby Bob Anderson
