Breakthrough wins for Belete and Teshome at 5th edition of EVERY ONE Campaign Races in Hawassa
Hawassa, Ethiopia - Tenaw Belete won the biggest race of his career in the 2014 EVERY ONE Campaign Half-Marathon Race in Hawassa on Sunday 11th May, while Yewebdar Teshome stepped up from her ninth place finish in 2013 to become this year’s women’s champion. Meanwhile in the mass 21km race there were wins for Yibeltal Biyalf (1:20:17) in the men’s race and Kirstin Mitchell (1:40:03) in the women’s race. Including the mass 7km race and the children’s races more than 3,500 participants took part in this year’s EVERY ONE races. Belete runs for the same Omedla Police club as Haile Gebrselassie . To win this race in a new personal best time of 1:03:29 was a big step up in his career. As he explained after the race: “Last October I finished 3rd in the inaugural Haile Gebrselassie Marathon in Hawassa and won 15,000 birr. Before then I’d been struggling with not having enough money to cover my food and rent, but now this money will give more stability to my training. I’m no