Photo credit: Getty | Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya celebrates after winning the Men's Division of the 42nd ING New York City Marathon in Central Park. (Nov. 6, 2011)
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Less than seven months after breaking the Boston Marathon course record, Kenya 's Geoffrey Mutai outdid himself.
With a time of 2:05.06, he won the 42nd New York City Marathon , breaking Tesfaye's Jifar previous course record by 2:37. The next two finishers, Emmanuel Mutai (no relation to Geoffrey, 2:06.28) and Kenya 's Tsegaye Kebede (2:07.13), also broke the pre-existing course record.
Geoffrey Mutai ran Boston in 2:03.02, which was 57 seconds ahead of the previous world record but was disallowed because it is a point-to-point race.
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Today, he held strong with a steady pace that allowed him to speed up as the race progressed.
Geoffrey Mutai came through the half-marathon in 1:03.18 in a pack of seven runners, which included American and 2009 NYC Marathon champion Meb Keflezighi . In between miles 20 and 21, Mutai separated from a group of competitors that included countryman Emannuel Mutai.
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