Best Road Races Mini Profile
There are so many great runners in the world and we will be providing information on them. We will be adding more every day. To find someone, just type in their name in the search. For right now, we are mostly listing runners who have placed in the top three or have won their age-group in at least two races selected as a Best Road Race.
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Best Road Races Profiles
Feyisa LilesaSex: Male. Birthdate: 02/01/1990 (21 years old)
Country: Ethiopia
Location: Ethiopia
Feyisa Lilesa is a male long-distance runner from Ethiopia. He became the youngest man to run under 2:06 hours when he set his personal best (2:05:23) in the men's marathon at the 2010 Rotterdam Marathon. This makes him the third fastest Ethiopian runner ever over the distance. He won the Dublin Marathon in 2009 in his debut race and then won the Xiamen International Marathon in 2010. He was the bronze medalist at the 2011 World Championships Marathon. He began 2012 with a significant improvement in the half marathon, taking the Houston Half Marathon title with a course record time of 59:22 minutes. He entered the RAK Half Marathon the following month but was two minutes slower and ended the race in fifth place. He came third at the New York City Half Marathon in March. At the World 10K Bangalore he again missed the podium, falling back to fourth in the latter stages. He did not make the Ethiopian team for the 2012 Summer Olympics and that July he was runner-up at the Bogotá Half Marathon.
| Race Date | Race Name | Race Location | Distance | Finish Time | Award |
| 04/21/2013 | Virgin London Marathon | London, England | Marathon | 2:07:46 | 4th Male |
| 01/15/2013 | Aramco Houston Half Marathon | Houston, Texas | Half Marathon | 1:01:54 | 1st Male |
| 10/07/2012 | Bank of America Chicago Marathon | Chicago, Illinois | Marathon | 2:04:52 | 2nd Male |
| 04/22/2012 | Virgin London Marathon | London, England | Marathon | 2:08:20 | 10th Male |
| 03/18/2012 | NYC Half Marathon | New York, NY | Half Marathon | 1:00:45 | 3rd Male |
| 01/15/2012 | Aramco Houston Half Marathon | Houston, Texas | Half Marathon | 59:22 | 1st Male |
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