THE GEOGRAPHY OF PAUL TERGAT'S WORLD RECORD 2:04:55 TIME K SPLIT K PACE WR 2:05:38 = 2:58.6 Pace SECOND TO NONE - Paul Tergat came to Berlin hoping to 28 September make history on the lightning fast marathon course that has yielded 1K 2:58 2:58.7 2:58.7 REAL both men's and women's world records. Tergat's plan was to run 2K 6:06 3:08.2 3:03.5 2003 close to the 2:58.6 K pace of 's 2:05:38 WR 3K 9:09 3:02.5 3:03.1 Tergat's Chip Splits LARGE PACK TERGAT through 30K, then attack the final 12K. Philemon Rotich 4K 12:03 2:53.6 3:00.8 EARLY IN SURGES set a steady pace averaging a tick under 3:00 Ks, 5K 15:00 2:57.0 3:00.0 5K 15:01 15:01 3:02.7 THE RACE 2:59.1 passing halfway in 63:03 and holding on 6K 17:55 2:55.4 2:59.2 15:01 9 through 27K. Tergat, and 7K 21:04 3:08.8 3:00.6 10 29:55 Titus Munji accelerated to a 2:55 pace 8K 23:53 2:49.7 2:59.2 5 8 4 2:57.2 and soon broke clear of the pack. 9K 26:53 2:59.1 2:59.2 2:53.6 2:57.0 6 1:58:38 10K 29:55 3:02.7 2:59.6 10K 29:58 14:57 2:55.4 Munji held on until the 38th K, and 7 2:49.7 Tergat sprinted away from Korir 11K 32:52 2:57.2 2:59.4 3:08.8 2:51.5 40 11 12K 35:48 2:55.5 2:59.0 FINISH 2:49 Pace shortly after 40K. Tergat 3 41 13K 38:44 2:55.6 2:58.8 2:04:55 42 2:55.5 claimed 's first men's 39 3:04.9 marathon world record, 14K 41:44 3:00.0 2:58.9 1 2:52.9 15K 44:45 3:01.2 2:59.0 15K 44:46 14:48 2 covering the final 15K (27-42K) 2:58.7 START 2:52.0 12 16K 47:43 2:58.1 2:59.0 3:02.5 3:08.2 TERGAT in 43:44. Mr. Silver Medal 38 proudly proclaimed "now 17K 50:42 2:58.8 2:59.0 37 & KORIR I'm second to none." 18K 53:39 2:56.8 2:58.8 KORIR, MUNJI & TERGAT 2:55.6 Sammy Korir finished 19K 56:36 2:57.5 2:58.8 2:51.9 33 a second behind 20K 59:43 3:07.2 2:59.2 20K 59:45 14:59 36 13 1:44:00 3:00.0 Tergat and ranks 21K 1:02:42 2:59.5 2:59.1 32 34 THE PACK Sammy Korir, Titus Munji and 2:55.3 second fastest 22K 1:05:46 3:02.2 2:59.4 2:54.9 SETTLES INTO in history. Paul Tergat reach World Record 2:55.0 35 14 23K 1:08:47 3:01.5 2:59.4 pace (2:58.6) at 31K. Then the 2:56.4 SUB 3:00K PACE 24K 1:11:48 3:00.7 2:59.5 Kenyan trio runs a series of 2:52.2 25K 1:14:42 2:54.3 2:59.3 25K 1:14:43 14:58 2:52-56 Ks that pushes 31 1/2 59:45 20 3:01.2 26K 1:17:41 2:59.3 2:59.3 18 them well under 63:03 19 44:46 27K 1:20:39 2:57.1 2:59.2 the record. 2:56.0 3:07.2 21 2:57.5 17 15 28K 1:23:35 2:56.0 2:59.1 30 2:56.8 29K 1:26:26 2:52.6 2:58.8 2:59.5 16 2:58.8 30K 1:29:24 2:57.0 2:58.8 30K 1:29:25 14:42 1:29:25 3:02.2 22 2:58.1 31K 1:32:16 2:56.0 2:58.6 29 2:57.0 ROTICH SETS 32K 1:35:11 2:52.2 2:58.5 BEFORE 3:01.5 THE PACE PACE PER KILOMETER 33K 1:38:07 2:55.0 2:58.4 2:52.6 THE BERLIN TOP TEN 34K 1:41:03 2:55.3 2:58.3 Over 3:00 1 Paul Tergat 2:04:55 28 BREAK 35K 1:43:59 2:56.4 2:58.3 35K 1:44:00 14:35 2:56.0 23 2 Sammy Korir 2:04:56 36K 1:46:54 2:54.9 2:58.2 1:14:45 3:00.7 2:58 - 3:00 3 Titus Munji 2:06:15 37K 1:49:46 2:51.9 2:58.0 4 Andres Espinosa 2:08:46 2:57.1 2:59.3 25 38K 1:52:38 2:52.0 2:57.8 27 24 2:56 - 2:58 5 2:09:21 2:54.3 39K 1:55:31 2:52.9 2:57.7 26 6 Kazuhiro Matsuda 2:09:49 40K 1:58:36 3:04.9 2:57.9 40K 1:58:38 14:38 2:54 - 2:56 7 Kurao Umeki 2:09:52 41K 2:01:28 2:51.5 2:57.8 8 Andre Ramos 2:09:58 42K 2:04:23 2:55.7 2:57.7 2195M @ 14:19 pace 68.7 per 400m 9 Makhosonke Fika 2:10:16 EAN ARTNETT - EOGRAPHER Under 2:54 2:04:55 2:57.6 S H G 10 Javier Caballero 2:10:44 University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire