March 30, 2014
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Leonard Komon Runs Fastest Half Marathon Debut Ever - Wins In 59:14 In Sprint Finish In Berlin
Komon was pretty spectacular and wanted even more - the World Record - as he went out with the wind in 13:39 (57:36 pace). LetsRun.com wind genius John Kellogg estimates the wind might have cost Komon around 17 seconds. *Results
*Ken Nakamura: List Of Fastest Half Marathon Debuts In History *Chronological List Of All Sub-60 Half Marathons In History
March 20, 2014
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Leonard Komon Going For Sub-60 Minutes In His Debut At The Vattenfall Berlin Half-Marathon On March 30th
Aselefech Mergia (1:07:21) leads the women's field. Livestream here starting at 9:15AM local time.