Marwa wins Sydney City to Surf

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Scott Birdby Scott Bird | August 13, 2006
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Dickson Marwa24 year-old Tanzanian Dickson Marwa was the first to cross the line in this year’s City to Surf. This was the 36th running of the famous Sydney half-marathon, and Marwa narrowly missed the race record time - by just 46 seconds - completing the event in only 40 mins 49.

Not bad at all.


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1

That’s a nice picture. Did you take it? The guy looks bigger than life.

Posted by: Bud Gibson | August 15, 2006 1:53 PM

2

I wish I did - I actually missed the race this year.

Posted by: Scott | August 15, 2006 6:44 PM

3

40:49 for a half marathon? That ain’t walking…in fact, that would be low 3 minutes per mile. I did not really believe that, so I looked it up and it is only a 14 kilometer race (slightly more than 8 and 2/3 miles)

A half marathon is 13.1 miles, or about 21km.

My best is low 70s for an actual half marathon.

That’s a nice race, right there, even at 14km. 4:41 miles is nothing to sneeze at (if much more believable)

Posted by: Blaine Moore (Run to Win) | August 19, 2006 12:56 AM

4

Thought it sounded pretty quick :)

Posted by: Scott | August 19, 2006 1:17 AM

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