I know one day[two hours]
will be broken,” Tadese told us through an interpreter.
Tadese is both the most obvious and most surprising pick of the three.
The puzzle, then, is why Tadese's attempts at the marathon thus far have
been so disappointing.
Her husband, Tadese Tulu, said he had to persuade the school
authorities to allow her to take the exams at the hospital.
RELATED: Listen to a preview of this week's“Runner's World
Show,” in which Willey narrates Tadese undergoing a treadmill test at Nike headquarters.
Lower is better in running economy, meaning Tadese is one of the most fuel-efficient runners ever seen-
a very useful trait for a marathoner.
More intriguingly, physiological testing published in the British
Journal of Sports Medicine in 2007 pegged Tadese as having“one of the lowest(if not the lowest)
ever published values” for running economy, a measure of efficiency analogous to fuel economy in a car.
After more than two years of research, preparation and testing, three top distance runners- Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya,
supported by Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia and Zersenay Tadese- have officially started their Nike-backed build-up toward
a sub-two-hour attempt sometime in the spring, the exact timing and location of which have yet to be finalised.