He may have hung up his running shoes but Haile Gebrselassie will always be welcome at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon according to event director Peter Connerton.
With less than six months to go, registration has opened for the 2011 Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, scheduled to get underway on January 21, 2011.
Haile Gebrselassie clinched the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon title for the third successive year yesterday (Friday) but it was a hard-fought victory in a relatively slow time of 2h:06m:09s.