Retirement only lasted a few days for marathon world-record-holder Haile Gebrselassie, who announced that he would start training again on Monday.
The 37-year-old long distance runner had to exit the New York City Marathon early last week, due to a knee injury and then announced he was retiring.
“Running is in my blood and I decided to continue competing,” he said via his Twitter account. “My announcement in New York was my first reaction after a disappointing race.”
He added that when his knee heals, he will start focusing on his next race.
The Ethiopian runner has won two Olympic 10,000-meter gold medals and four world titles. Perhaps his greatest feat was setting the world record of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds in 2008.
His manager Jos Hermens told the Daily Telegraph that he is looking toward 2012.
“I also knew that he always talked about London 2012,” he told the newspaper. “The moment when he stops international running will come sooner or later but, as many people said, this was not the right moment.”
Last week, after the loss in New York, Gebrselassie said via Twitter: “Just give me some time to think things over.”
The 37-year-old long distance runner had to exit the New York City Marathon early last week, due to a knee injury and then announced he was retiring.
“Running is in my blood and I decided to continue competing,” he said via his Twitter account. “My announcement in New York was my first reaction after a disappointing race.”
He added that when his knee heals, he will start focusing on his next race.
The Ethiopian runner has won two Olympic 10,000-meter gold medals and four world titles. Perhaps his greatest feat was setting the world record of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 59 seconds in 2008.
His manager Jos Hermens told the Daily Telegraph that he is looking toward 2012.
“I also knew that he always talked about London 2012,” he told the newspaper. “The moment when he stops international running will come sooner or later but, as many people said, this was not the right moment.”
Last week, after the loss in New York, Gebrselassie said via Twitter: “Just give me some time to think things over.”
