Patrick Makau Musyoki

Patrick Makau Musyoki (born 2 March 1985 in Manyanzwani, Eastern Province) is a runner from Kenya. He holds the unofficial world record in the marathon with a time of 02:03:38, set at the 2011 Berlin Marathon. He is also notable for his half marathon performances, having won a number of prominent competitions in Europe. At 58:52 he has the fifth fastest half marathon time after world record holder Zersenay Tadese, Samuel Wanjiru, Matthew Kisorio, and Sammy Kitwara . He is managed by Zane Branson and Derek Froude of Posso Sports. He is a member of Birchfield Harriers athletics club.


Career


Musyoki went to Unyuani Primary School until 1999, after which he joined Kyeni Academy, Misiani. He started running in 2001. He competed at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships and finished in 26th place.
He finished second at the 2007 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon by running 59:13 minutes, being beaten only by Samuel Wanjiru who set the then world record (58:53) at the same race. He won silver at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships and 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He was also part of the Kenyan team that won the team race both times.
He won at the City-Pier-City Loop in 2008. Musyoki won the 2009 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon setting the second best ever Half marathon time 58:52. The world record at the time, 58:33, was held by Samuel Wanjiru. He made his marathon debut at the 2009 Rotterdam Marathon, finishing fourth and setting a fast time (2:06:14 hours), short of the fastest marathon debut, set by Evans Rutto at the 2003 Chicago Marathon (2:05:50 hours).
Makau returned to the Hague for the City-Pier-City Loop in 2010 and won for a second time, clocking another sub-one hour time of 59:52. After this he significantly improved his marathon best to 2:04:48 to win the Rotterdam Marathon, becoming the fourth fastest runner over the history of the distance. He opted to stay away from the circuit and focus himself entirely on preparations for the Berlin Marathon. A rematch with Rotterdam runner-up Geoffrey Mutai saw the two take the same positions again. Rain dampened the prospect of a record but Makau out-sprinted Mutai at the finish to clock 2:05:08 and win his first World Marathon Major. In recognition of his performances that year, he was selected as the AIMS World Athlete of the Year in a poll of race organisers.
Makau ran in the 2011 London Marathon and, in spite of a fall at the half way point, he continued and was narrowly beaten into third at the line by Martin Lel, finishing with a time of 2:05:45.




World record

Patrick Makau Musyoki running world record at Berlin Marathon 2011

On 25 September 2011 Makau won the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:03:38 (an average speed of 4:42.9 per mile), which, pending ratification by the IAAF, is a new world record, beating Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia's existing record by 21 seconds.
Before he began the race, Makau had spoken about his desire to bring the world record back to Kenya. Speaking after the race, Makau said "In the morning my body was not good but after I started the race, it started reacting very well. I started thinking about the record" and "At 32 kms I thought I could win the race and even break the world record  It was hard to for the last 10 kilometres.




Road race wins


Zanzibar Half Marathon – 2005
Tarsus International Half Marathon (Turkey) – 2006
Von Berlin 25K – 2006, 2007
London 10K – 2006
Bristol Half Marathon – 2006
Lahore 10K – 2007
Berlin Half Marathon – 2007, 2008
Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon – 2008, 2009
Reading Half Marathon – 2008
City-Pier-City Half Marathon (The Hague) – 2008
Rotterdam Half Marathon – 2008
City-Pier-City Loop – 2010
Rotterdam Marathon – 2010
Berlin Marathon – 2010, 2011




Personal bests


Surface Event Time (h:m:s) Venue Date
Track 3000 m 7:54.50 Pliezhausen, Germany 13 May 2007
Road
10 km 27:27 Berlin, Germany 1 April 2007
15 km 41:30 Ras Al Khaimah, UAE 20 February 2009
20 km 56:13 Udine, Italy 14 October 2007
Half marathon 58:52 Ras Al Khaimah, UAE 20 February 2009
25 km 1:14:08 Berlin, Germany 7 May 2006
30 km 1:28:52 Rotterdam, Netherlands 5 April 2009
Marathon 2:03:38 (unofficial) Berlin, Germany 25 September 2011

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