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Monday, October 24, 2011

Athletics: NZ runner breaks own record in win

New Zealand runner Kimberley Smith broke her own race record by 14 seconds in winning the Hartford half marathon in Connecticut.

Smith finished sixth in a time of 1 hour 11 minutes 18 seconds, nearly nine minutes ahead of the next woman Jodie Conway of Massachusetts. Her performance was more impressive considering she was using it as a training run for the New York Marathon on November 6.

"It's nice and hilly, a good simulation run for New York.''

Last month she ran the fastest half marathon by a woman on US soil, winning the Philadelphia event in 1:7:11.

 


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