Mid-race update!

Pat Butcher reports that Haile Gebrselassie has hit the half-way mark at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon in 1:01:27. He hit the half in 1:02:29 in Berlin last September when he set his 2:04:26 world record.

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Here are the start lists for tomorrow's Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon:

MEN - 

 1, Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia, 2:04:26

 2, Fabiano Joseph, Tanzania, 2:13:24 (pacer)

 4, Jackson Koech Mengich, Kenya, 2:08:02 (pacer)

 5, Eshetu Wendimu, Ethiopia, DEBUT (pacer)

 6, Dereje Tesfaye, Ethiopia,  2:11:10

 7, William Todoo Rotich, Kenya, 2:09:53

 8, Raymond Kipkoech, Kenya, 2:06:47

 9, Sammy Korir, Kenya, 2:04:56

10, Linus Ngetich, Kenya, 2:12:17 

11, Kutema Nigusse, Ethiopia, 

12, Eshetu Mamo, Ethiopia, 

13, Duncan Kibet, Kenya, DEBUT

14, Wilson Chelal, Kenya, 

15, Gashaw Melese Asfaw , Ethiopia, 2:08:03

16, Gudisa Shentema Kudama, Ethiopia, 2:09:46

17, Asnake Fikadu, Ethiopia, 2:14:12

18, El Hassan Lashimi, France, 2:10:10

19, Tariku Aboset Bokan, Ethiopia, 

20, Solomon Negash, Ethiopia, 

21, Tesfaye Tola Heyi, Ethiopia, 2:06:57

22, Isaac Macharia, Kenya, 2:10:59

23, Martin Fagan, Ireland, DEBUT

24, Samson Chebli, Kenya, 

25, Abel Kirui, Kenya, 2:06:51 (Pacer)

WOMEN - 

30, Lornah Kiplagat, Netherlands, 2:22:22

31, Birhane Adere, Ethiopia, 2:20:42

32, Askale Tafa Magarsa, Ethiopia, 2:25:07

33, Olivera Jevtic, Serbia, 2:25:23

34, Ornella Ferrara, Italy, 2:27:49

35, Bezunesh Bekele Sertsu, Ethiopia, DEBUT

36, Roba Guta Tola, Ethiopia, 2:24:35

37, Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:27:09

38, Abebe Tola, Ethiopia, 2:29:54

39, Kidst Teka, Ethiopia, 

40, Svetlana Pretot, France, 2:32:50 

41, Marina Ivanova, Russia, 2:39:50 

42, Asha Gigi, Ethiopia, 2:26:05

43, Shitaye Gemechu, Ethiopia, 2:26:15

44, Alice Chelagat, Kenya, 2:28:16 

45, Mika Hikita, Japan, 2:34:22 

46, Lucia Kimani, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2:38:21