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A look at the contenders in the Gran Premio Caceres Campo a Traves.
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A look at the contenders in the Gran Premio Caceres Campo a Traves.
In this Article It’s 8:00 am in the French woodland area of Morton, Domaine du Bois aux Daims, on April 24. Situated almost 300 miles from the country’s capital, a select group of Europe’s top runners, including Julien Wanders and Sondre Nordstad Moen, ponder at the start line of ASICS’ “(BE)AT Your Personal Best”, with some preparing for their first taste of competitive running in almost a year. Lanyard-wearing event organizers disguised behind heavy-duty facemasks scurry around frantically with walkie-talkies and clipboards in hand, as a select few press and photographers scout ...
Hillary Kipkoech wins the 10km at the ASICS Be (at) Your Personal Best (© ASICS) A Swedish 5km record of 15:22 by Sarah Lahti and a world-leading 10km time of 27:35 by Kenya’s Hillary Kipkoech highlighted the ASICS Be(at) Your Personal Best event at Le Bois aux Daims, France, on Saturday (24). Lahti went out targeting her national record of 15:31 which Meraf Bahta set last year and from the outset, it was clear the Swede was on target. “I was feeling really easy the first 3K and I was looking to my watch and knew if I could keep that pace I could get the record,” she said.
The likes of Julien Wanders, Felix Bour, Sarah Lahti, Sondre Moen and Mekdes Woldu will all be looking to shave time off their current personal bests, especially in a year of the Tokyo Olympics. Athletes will run on a 2.5km asphalt loop with flat terrain, in the heart of the Bois aux Daims area, with course and conditions favorable to performance, in a green setting. In the current health context the race is approved by the FFA and World Athletics, which means that any records broken can therefore be approved. You can watch along with ASICS’ “BE(AT) Your Personal Best” live and free on ...