Gary Thornton had a superb run at the City-Pier-City half-marathon in The Hague. He set a club best time for the event and broke his PB by some four minutes in a top quality event, Haile Gebrselassie suffered a shock defeat coming second in 59:50. Gary clocked 1:04:42, with fellow compatriot Martin Fagan setting a new Irish record of 1:00:57, breaking the longstanding record of 1:01:05 set in 1988 by John Treacy.
Many congrats to Gary on this excellent performance.

1. Sammy Kitwara, Ken 59:47 PB
2. Haile Gebrselassie, Eth 59:50
3. Dereje Tesfaye, Eth 1:00:02 PB
4. Getu Feleke, Eth 1:00:36 PB
5. Martin Fagan, Irl 1:00:57 PB
6. Phillimon Terer, Ken 1:01:25 PB
7. Gilbert Okari, Ken 1:01:26 PB
8. Gilbert Chepkwony, Ken 1:02:36 PB
9. Patrick Stitzinger, Ned 1:02:43 PB
10. Simon Bairu, Can 1:03:10 PB
11. Erick Kigen, Ken 1:04:09 PB
12. Daaby Badhaso, Eth 1:04:14
13. Paul Lekura, Ken 1:04:41
14. Gary Thornton, Irl 1:04:42