Marathon effort. Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon 2012, held at Downtown Burj had a record turnout of 20,000 participants. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00It's not my first time, it's probably 5th or 6th marathon I'm running, and basically
00:23I didn't prepare, I'm running to finish, I'm testing myself, and usually I come to
00:27the end.
00:28Good morning, it's my 3rd marathon, Steve's first, so it's pretty chilly, I'm looking
00:36forward to it.
00:37This is the first time I run here in the Golden State.
00:58We're going to start off our run with a shout out to all of you guys for 2012, and we're
01:04going to break the entrance for this year's three events, and we would also like to have
01:11a special round of applause for our runner up, and we're going to see you very shortly
01:17after the finish line.
01:27Well, it's now one man right on his own as they come to the closing stages of this year's
01:54stand and chant at Dubai Marathon, because Abshiro has attacked after the 37k mark,
01:59and now he's put a significant distance between him and his fellow runners, as he's now come
02:05off the beach road and is charging into the final stages of this race.
02:09Still looking on course for the quickest ever time here, maybe around about 2 hours 443,
02:14but Abshiro has powered to the front.
02:17We saw a long time ago a large group, but really the significant boost when it was down
02:23to 5k, came at the 33k mark, but since then Abshiro has really thrown down the gauntlet
02:29and at the moment is clearly out in front and looks on course to secure his first Dubai
02:35Marathon, but it's a major performance.
02:38It was great, I encourage anybody else to do it.
02:41Yes, I finally made it, I ran for 10k.
02:45My first medal ever.
02:47My third time doing the 10k, and this year was a bit easier for us.
02:51We did it with our company, which was really motivating.
02:54We had everybody around us huffing and puffing the same way, but it was fantastic.
02:58The crowd was good, the people were great, and the general atmosphere was just splendid.
03:02The crowd start to anticipate what's going to be happening at the finish.
03:05They'll be, I think at this stage, cheering home Abshiro, who looks as fresh as a daisy
03:10as he comes into the final stages of this year's race.
03:14You can hear now the crowd is absolutely exploding.
03:17Certainly the colours of Ethiopia are all around the grandstands.