MOSES MOSOP

KENYA

BIB NUMBER: 2

BIRTHDATE: July 7, 1985

PERSONAL BEST: 28:04 (Nijmegen, 2004)

10-K HIGHLIGHTS:
05Apr10  Giro Media Blenio 10-K  2nd  29:06
13Apr09  Giro Media Blenio 10-K  1st  28:53
24Mar08  Giro Media Blenio 10-K  2nd  29:02
17Apr06  Giro Media Blenio 10-K  2nd  28:28
21Nov04  Zevenheuvenloop 10-K  split 28:04

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
03Jun11  Eugene 30,000 meters  1st  1:26:47.4 WR
03Jun11  Eugene 25,000 meters split 1:12:25.4 WR
18Apr11  Boston Marathon  2nd  2:03:06
06Mar11  Semi-Marathon de Paris  2nd  1:01:47
21Nov10  Zevenheuvelenloop 15-K  6th  43:09
16Oct10  IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships  10th  1:01:31
21Mar10  Stramilano Half-Marathon  1st  59:20
21Feb09  Kenyan World XC Championships Trials  1st  38:16
21Nov04  Zevenheuvelenloop 15-K  2nd  42:25

CAREER NOTES:
Moses Cheruiyot Mosop ran the most sensational debut in marathon history at Boston last April. Even acknowledging the net downhill drop and tailwinds,  his 2:03:06 was an incredible two minutes and 44 seconds faster than any other first-timer.

Mosop's 10-K PR is in line for substantial improvement as his previous best of 28:04 was actually a split en route to a 42:25 15K. However, it would take close to a world record on the roads to better his track personal best of, a 26:49.55 set at Hengelo in 2007.

Two world records he will own, pending ratification, are the 25,000 and 30,000 meters which he ran in Eugene earlier this month. Although rarely contested, the previous world records had stood since 1981.

Mosop grew up the fourth of nine children on a farm in Kamasia. He is married to world-class distance runner Florence Kiplagat who has a 1:07:40 best for the half-marathon and ran the Boston Marathon but did not finish.