The men's winner pulled the same trick that was pulled at LA a few years ago by an American whose name escapes me right now.
"Women:One week ago, Nakao Takahashi shocked the sport with the first women's sub two-twenty marathon, when she ran a 2:19:46 marathon at Berlin. Running much the same way, actually charging into the lead at ten miles, in 54:18, then hitting twenty miles in 1:46:12 - 51:56 for her second ten miles, Catherine held on and demolished not only the course record at The La Salle Banks Marathon, but broke Takahashi's record by one minute, with a final time of 2:18:46! Catherine Ndereba is the new world record holder in the women's marathon with a time of 2:18:46!" http://www.runningnetwork.com/features/chicagolive2001.html Regards, Martin
