Richard Kiplagat won yesterday’s Newport 10,000 over a strong field in 28:53. Running along the Jersey City, New Jersey waterfront, Richard finished 3 seconds up on Dejere Tadesse and Valentine Orare. Sameul Ndereba was fourth in 29:01. Results are here.
While we’re on the subject of Richard, you may have seen his name in the London Marathon results last month, and you might have been thinking, “Um, 2:17:34…?!?” Richard was at London to pace a group of British runners aiming to get under the Olympic standard of 2:15. When they slowed significantly around 35K, Richard waited for them and encouraged them to keep going. None made the mark. (The Brits who ran 2:13 and 2:15 were part of a group targeting 2:11.) Richard hopes to run his first serious marathon in the fall.
