World record for 10,000m under threat!
On 26 August 2005 Kenenisa Bekele ran the current World Record for 10,000m. The race, that took place in Brussels, saw Kenenisa pass through the 5k mark in 13:09.19 before slowing slightly from his ~63 second per lap rhythm and then pick it up again to finish with a 57 second lap to set the new record of 26:17.35. A short time later, however, three men from Scotland smashed that record by running 10,000m between them, 200m at a time, to complete 25 laps of the track in 25:50 and this year they are aiming to lower this further in a bid to raise much needed funds for their target of becoming World Champions in the sport of Orienteering.
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