Kim Smith Breaks National Record in Half Marathon by almost 2 minutes
Kim Smith set a new New Zealand record of 1:07:55 at the Mardi Gras Half Marathon in New Orleans, Louisiana this morning.
Smith set the early pace through 5km and 10km in 15:48 and 31:47 as she attempted to break away from eventual winner Ethiopian Berhane Adere. The pair stayed together with Smith leading almost the entire distance finishing only three seconds apart at the finish with Smith's time being the third fastest by a female on American soil.
The previous NZ record was set by Smith in Birmingham in 2009 at 1:09:35 and she remains the only New Zealand Woman to have run under the 70 minute barrier. The 5km and 10km splits in New Orleans were also faster than any other Kiwi Women over those distances in more than a year.
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NZRun.com Team
Top 10 Women
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Bib Name Time
251 Berhane Adere 1:07:52
253 Kim Smith 1:07:55
252 Azalech Maresha 1:09:46
255 Lisa Paulson 1:13:15
261 Ramilya Burangulova 1:13:38
257 Diane Nukuri 1:14:25
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