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《Haile Gebrselassie - The Greatest Runner of All Time》简介：

The author of this book has been meeting up with the world's best marathon runner since 2005, following his world record runs at first hand and visiting him several times in Addis Abeaba. He has traced his background, travelled the length and breadth of the African highlands, unearthed interesting Ethiopian running stories and with Haile Gebrselassie's help, got a school project in a remote village off the ground. We discover the life story of a wonder runner from his childhood onwards; we relive his two Olympic 10K victories as well as his Berlin Marathon world records. The life story of this exceptional, perennially smiling athlete is packed with training information, personal encounters and impressions from his beloved homeland that he represents all over the world as UN honorary ambassador.

About the Author
Klaus Weidt is a sport journalist and founder of the German running magazine LaufzeitA". He is a close friend of Haile Gbrselassie with whose help he got a school project in a remote village of Ethiopia off the ground.

《Haile Gebrselassie - The Greatest Runner of All Time》目录：

Contents
1 In Search of Haile.................................................................... 7
How do you get an Ethiopian vest number?............................................ 7
Turbulence at 8,200 feet and a “detour”.................................................. 9
Haile – the first meeting.........................................................................12
Haile’s first running adventure ..............................................................15
The man who won Gold barefoot...........................................................16
The tragedies of two triumphators .........................................................19
The Abebe Bikila Marathon – an extraordinary experience .................21
The trip to the green south .................................................................... 23
At home with Haile ............................................................................... 26
2 From the Arsi Highlands to the World of Running ........... 30
The man who discovered the running prodigy ......................................30
Haile’s childhood – running, running, running.....................................32
With “energy” to Addis Ababa ..............................................................35
Via Jan Meda to the Netherlands ...........................................................37
World Champion, despite a few problems..............................................39
The world record hunt began in Hengelo...............................................42
3 Three-time Olympian: Atlanta, Sydney, Athens ................ 44
Endurance.............................................................................................. 44
The all-deciding race............................................................................. 46
Notable achievements after Atlanta ...................................................... 48
After a nightmare: triumph by 9/100 .....................................................49
Five miles in three hours ........................................................................53
Year of hope and trepidation ................................................................. 54
A new star in the Ethiopian sky .............................................................57
When Kenenisa waited for Haile .......................................................... 60
4 Of running Encounters ......................................................... 63
At Haile‘s home again ............................................................................63
In the Alem Building on the Bole Road................................................ 64
On the way to the Entoto Hills...............................................................67
Running in heaven..................................................................................71
Meskel Square – the world’s largest sports ground?..............................73
In search of a childhood .........................................................................76
A few questions in Haile’s home............................................................79
Brief history of Ethiopia........................................................................ 88
5 From Marathon to “Marathon”............................................89
Moving up to the blue ribbon event ....................................................... 89
A school at the end of the world............................................................. 90
Haile and his first bear ........................................................................... 92
The hare in the airplane ......................................................................... 98
A windy debut: first Berlin Marathon ................................................... 99
Back in Addis Ababa, back in Shafamu............................................... 104
‘Marathon’ is opened............................................................................ 105
The idea for Nazareth........................................................................... 108
Millennium in September .....................................................................112
Back on top with a world record ...........................................................116
6 More Searching.....................................................................122
Winter in Africa ................................................................................... 122
In search of Gold .................................................................................. 124
Pre-Olympic problems – what now? .................................................... 127
Beijing is good, Berlin is better............................................................ 128
Berlin forever?.......................................................................................133
Leipzig’s the place for me......................................................................139
The richest race .................................................................................... 140
The new ‘Haile Half Marathon’ ............................................................142
The legend lives on............................................................................... 146
7 Milestones (Statistics) .......................................................... 151
Haile’s track record................................................................................151
Haile’s world best times........................................................................ 154
Haile’s Marathons..................................................................................155
Some Marathon facts............................................................................ 156
Marathon record progression ................................................................157
The most successful Marathon runners of all time...............................159
The most successful Olympic Marathon nations ..................................161
Ethiopian Olympic Medals....................................................................162
8 Last Leg................................................................................. 164
Dr. David Martin: Haile – in a class of his own .................................. 164
Mark Milde: Nobody is as memorable..................................................165
Manfred Steffny: True greatness in defeat .......................................... 166
Paul Tergat: Always a challenge ...........................................................168
Wolfgang Weising: Africa’s smile.........................................................169
Photo Credits .........................................................................................171

《Haile Gebrselassie - The Greatest Runner of All Time》读者评价：

There's really no hiding it... "Haile Gebrselassie: The Greatest Runner of All Time" is German sportswriter Klaus Weidt's love letter to Ethiopia, Ethiopian distance running and his favorite runner and arguably the greatest distance runner of all time, Mr. Haile Gebrselassie. The book begins with Weidt and his German running travel group's searching for Mr. Gebrselassie in Ethiopia and then goes on to talk about Haile's upbringing and rise through the ranks of competitive distance running in Ethiopia (similar to the tale of his first marathon in the Disney film "Endurance"). Weidt then goes on to tell of Haile's big win in the 10,000 meters at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; his repeat in Sydney in 2000 and his 2008 World Record setting marathon over the streets of Berlin in a stunning 2:03:59.

Weidt also speaks about Haile's business acumen and his desire to make Ethiopia a travel destination. As you read on, you realize how much of a treasure he is to the German (and Ethiopian) population. Weidt's earliest trek to Ethiopia began the German's first hand fascination with Ethiopian distance running and this particular group helped fund and build a school in Haile's village (aptly called "Marathon"). There's no telling how much more the Germans have helped fund Haile's empire over the years, including his hotel, Haile Resort, from his winnings, appearance fees and world record bonuses collected in the Fatherland.

While this book isn't necessarily written for an American audience, it does bring a great American running book to mind. "Haile Gebrselassie: The Greatest Runner of All Time" is loaded with great color pictures of Haile and of Ethiopia, very reminiscent of Tom Jordan's "Pre." The photos alone are worth the purchase of this 174 page quick read. There are plenty of great footnotes included as well that go beyond Haile's excellent IAAF profile of accomplishments.

With all this in mind, it's tough not to forget Haile's tearful retirement after his allergy-plagued exit from the New York City Marathon this fall and his recent re-emergence in April at the Vienna City Half Marathon in Austria, where he won in a speedy 60:18. One has to think that Haile is targeting the 2012 London Marathon as his biggest goal and I for one hope he competes for the gold as he has been such a role model for distance runners across the world over the past 20 years.

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