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Paul Tergat: “I wish my Berlin record could stay forever – I am sure I will come back to Berlin one day”
2006-04-29
Paul Tergat in his favourite city Berlin.
© Victah Sailer
What is next on your agenda, after not being
able to run at the Flora London Marathon?
Paul Tergat: “I am very disappointed and sad that I was not
able to run in London. It was a great race in which Felix Limo and Martin Lel showed a good
fight at the end. I have to look in the future and I know that I will run a
marathon at the end of the year. It will be a fall marathon. Before that I want
to run one or two 10 k races, but I don’t know yet where or when.”
London was the second race of the new World Marathon Majors Series. What do you think
about it?
Paul Tergat: “It’s a great idea. Many of us never have the
opportunity to compete at big championships. Now we can collect points for a
jackpot, and everybody knows that it is competition we marathoners want to
have. That definitely needs to be supported. The interest about marathon is now
at a higher level. The five races of the World Marathon Majors are doing a
great job so far.”
How long do you think your world record will
last?
Paul Tergat: “I wish it could stay forever. But records are
meant to be broken, although I have not a clue when it could happen in this
case.”
What memories do you have of the real,-
BERLIN-MARATHON?
Paul Tergat: “It is my city. It is my race. I have memories
about Berlin I will never forget. It is where I set the
marathon world record in 2003. The course is very fast and the crowd is great. I
am sure I will come back some day.”
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