Haile Gebrselassie's career has been full of extraordinary accomplishments and with the year 2007 marathon competition coming to a close he is on course to achieve another landmark very soon.

After posting a new World record mark of 2:04:26 at the real,- Berlin Marathon on 30 September he stands to become the first man in 48 years - and just the third in modern times - to run the world's fastest marathon for three consecutive years.

Berlin was also the site of Gebrselassie's world leader in 2006, as he raced through the German capital in 2:05:56. A year earlier, in Amsterdam, he posted 2005's best time of 2:06:20.