
World 10,000m bronze medallist, Ejgayehu Taye will be the leading contender at the 18th edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon scheduled for February 1, 2025 in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
The 24 year-old who is also the World Indoor 3,000m bronze medallist, has not raced recently on the road, but if she can bring her track form to Ras Al Khaimah, she would clearly be a leading contender for victory in 2025; the more so since in her sole performance at the Valencia half marathon, three months ago, she finished ahead of last year’s RAK winner Tsigie Gebrselama.
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Taye holds a life time best of 1:04.14 that she got last year in Valencia on what her manager reports was less than adequate preparation. Yonas Mekonnon says, ‘Taye decided to try for the world record based on her recent training. RAK ‘half’ will be her second half marathon and when she compared both training based on the quality and volume, the hope for RAK half is much better. Taye has been regularly covering more than 28km with 3:30 pace at altitude. Her goal in this race is the world record’.
Taye’s debut time of 1:04.14 is exactly the same as the RAK course record time, set three years ago by her compatriot Girmawit Gebrzihair whom she will face next weekend. Gebrzihair looks to be in prime form too, following a rapid 29:34 for the Valencia 10k on January 12.
The Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon has regularly returned luminaries like Mary Keitany, Peres Chepchirchir and Ababel Yeshaneh who have been setting women’s records during the last decade.
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John Vaselyne is the founder of Athletics News. Africa’s only Independent Athletics News website. He has covered World U18 and U20 Championships, World Cross Country Championships, Four Continental Tour Gold Series, Wanda Diamond League. He has passion for the Sport and has over seven years experience in this area of sport. He is also the Leading Athletics Pundit in the Country, having been hosted in ALL leading TV stations in Kenya
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