Curtis Going LongBUPA Great North Run Half Marathon on Sunday

Bobby Curtis will warm up with a brisk two-miler on Saturday in England, followed on Sunday by the BUPA Great North Run Half Marathon. Curtis is coming off an 11-second PR over 3000 meters in Rieti and brings into the race a half-marathon PR of 1:01.52.

Here's the elite men's start list:

1.  WILSON KIPSANG     KEN         
    2012 OLYMPIC MARATHON BRONZE MEDALLIST; 2012 LONDON MARATHON CHAMPION;
    2:03.42 MARATHON; 58:59 HALF M

2.  IMANE MERGA        ETH    
    2011 WORLD XC CHAMPION; 2011 WORLD 10000M BRONZE MEDALLIST; 26:48.35 10000M

3.  MICAH KOGO         KEN    
    2008 OLYMPIC 10000M BRONZE MEDALLIST; 4TH PLACE 2011 BUPA GREAT NORTH RUN
    60:03; 26:35.63 10000M

4.  CHRIS THOMPSON     GBR    
    2010 EUROPEAN 10000M SILVER MEDALLIST; 2012 LONDON OLYMPIAN; 27:27.36 10000M;
    61:23 HALF MARATHON

5.  ABDELLATIF MEFTAH  FRA    
    FRENCH NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER FOR HALF MARATHON 60:46; 2:09.46 MARATHON; 
    4TH PLACE 2010 EURO XC CHAMPS

6.  EMMANUEL BETT      KEN   
    FASTEST 10000M  RUNNER IN THE WORLD IN 2012, 26:51.16 10000M

7.  YARED ASMERON      ERI   
    ERITREAN NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER FOR MARATHON 2:07.27; 4TH PLACE 2007 WORLD
    CHAMPS MARATHON; 60:28 HALF M

8.  TITUS MBISHEI      KEN  
    2009 WORLD JUNIOR 10000M & WORLD JUNIOR XC SILVER MEDALLIST; 26:59.81 10000M

9.  MINORU IKEBE       JAP  
    63:25 HALF M

10. BOBBY CURTIS       USA    
    7:43.65 3000M; 13:18.97 5000M; 27:24.67 10000M; 28:37 10K; 61:52 HALF M

11. COLLIS BIRMINGHAM  AUS   
    7:35.45 3000M; 13:09.57 5000M; 27:29.73 10000M; 63:10 HALF M; 6TH PLACE 2010
    COMMONWEALTH GAMES 5000M

12. JESSE STROOBANTS   BEL  
    13:55.73 5000M; 28:13.20 10000M; 48:13 10 MILES; 63:29 HALF M

13. NICK MCCORMICK     GBR   
    2012 LONDON OLYMPIAN; 13:18 5000M; 3:52 MILE; 29:04 10K; HALF MARATHON DEBUT

14. MUSTAFA MOHAMED    SWE
    8:05.75 3000M SCH NATIONAL RECORD; 13:32.08 5000M; 28:12 10K; 62:40 HALF M;
    2:12.28 MARATHON; 2008 EURO XC BRONZE; 2007 EURO XC SILVER

15. RYAN VAIL         USA
    27:51.07 10000M; 62:51 HALF M; 2:12.43 MARATHON

16. DANIEL CHAVES     BRA
    13:46.56 5000M; 28:49.42 10000M; 63:37 HALF MARATHON

17. ANTONY FORD       GBR
    13:49.45 5000M; 28:30.39 10000M; 64:18 HALF M; 2:17.16 MARATHON

18. YARED HAGOS       ETH
    29:56 10K; 47:51 10 MILE; 63:31 HALF M; 2ND PLACE 2012 BUPA GREAT NORTH 10K; 
    8TH PLACE 2011 BUPA GREAT NORTH RUN

19. ANDI JONES        GBR
    29:28 10K; 49:07 10 MILES: 64:22 HALF MARATHON; 2:15.20 MARATHON

20. MATT GUNBY        GBR
    29:42 10K; 14:29.38 5000M

21. AARON SCOTT       GBR
    14:09.48 5000M; 30:12.1 10000M

22. DAVE MITCHINSON   GBR
    14:04.82 5000M; 29:23 10K; 64.22 HALF M; 2:18.58 MARATHON

23. MATT BOND         GBR
    13:51.03 5000M; 29:08.69 10000M; 65:29 HALF M

24. PAUL WHITTAKER    GBR
    14:10.06 5000M; 29:40 10K

25. DAVID WARDLE      GBR
    14:10.6 5000M; 29:42.95 10000M; 65:14 HALF M

26. KEVIN SKINNER     GBR
    14;19.1 5000M; 29:54 10K; 65:35 HALF M

27. NEILSON HALL      GBR
    14:00.46 5000M; 29:17 10K; 49:17 10 MILE; 65:26 HALF M

28. DEWI GRIFFITHS    GBR
    14:03.01 5000M; 30:06 10K; 65:40 HALF M

29. PHILIP HOOLE      GBR
    30:26 10K; 67:21 HALF M

30. MATT BOWSER       GBR
    14:13.31 5000M; 29:58 10K; 67:42 HALF M

31. PETER NEWTON      GBR
    67:23 HALF M

32. IAN HUDSPITH      GBR
    13:46.90 5000M; 28:35.11 10000M; 62.53 HALF M; 2:15.47 MARATHON

33. JAMES KELLY       GBR
    67:29 HALF M; 2:22.22 MARATHON

34. THO CORNTHWAITE   GBR
    30:04 10K; 67:19 HALF M

35. JAMES RILEY       GBR
    30:25 10K

36. JOHNNY GILBY      GBR
    30:12 10K; 66:40 HALF M

37. IAN KIMPTON       GBR
    14:13.32 5000M; 29:26.51 10000M; 68:51 HALF M

38. TOM DOE           GBR
    30:06 10K; 66:30 HALF M

39. MERITON HASANAJ   KOS
    30:49 10K

40. CHRIS HARTLEY     AUS
    30:15 10K

41. MICHAEL CRAWLEY   GBR
    30:22.7 1000

42. JAMES ASKEW       GBR
    
43. MICHAEL DAWSON    GBR
    
44. ROSS FLOYD        GBR