UPDATE:
On Thursday, New York Road Runners president and CEO Mary Wittenberg announced that Men’s half-marathon world record-holder Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya has withdrawn from the NYC Marathon next month. This was to be Wanjiru’s full marathon debut.
Also dropping out of the race is last year’s women’s runner-up Tatiana Hladyr of the Ukraine, who has a foot injury that will require surgery on October 11, according to her manager, Andrey Baranov.
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ORIGINAL POST:
Guess since the race is just about a month away it makes sense the big names will start dropping for the race. The New York Times today mentions in a profile piece on Lance that he does plan to return again this year - with a target of sub-three hours. Training appears to be running, gym time and kayaking centric.
Also of note, Paula Radcliffe, current women’s world record holder, announced she’ll make her marathon comeback after a two year break at the NY Marathon. Last week, at the Great North Run in South Shields, England she took second in the half marathon behind Kara Goucher.
Other notable women marathoner’s already committed are two-time winner Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia, Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and recent Berlin Marathon champion Gete Wami of Ethiopia and this year’s Boston winner - Lidiya Grigoryeva.
