Lagat to Make 10km Debut at Great Manchester Run

Published by IAAF on March 5, 2015

Bernard Lagat, five times a world champion on the track indoors and outdoors, will be aiming for another mark in the record books when he makes his 10km road race debut on 10 May at the Morrisons Great Manchester Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.

The 40-year-old US distance runner has been rewriting the over-40s masters world record book during the 2015 indoor season and has pledged to have a crack at Haile Gebrselassie’s tough 10km age-group time of 28:00 when he lines up in Europe’s biggest 10km road race.

“That is a really quick time but it is good to shoot at something,” said Lagat. “I am going to train hard with my coach in Flagstaff, Arizona and I think I will shoot for that record.

“It is not going to be easy. It is like running two 14-minute 5km races back to back. That is something fast, but I will give it my best shot.”