2011 New York Marathon Results: Records Shattered During Latest Running of Race

To win the New York City Marathon is impressive, but to win it and shatter records, with the racers behind you also breaking those records, is a feat that may come once in a lifetime for even the most elite runners.

Yet that's exactly what we saw out of Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai, who is become a record-setting marathon runner and may potentially be one of the best we have seen in a long time.

Trying to run a half-marathon would be a challenge for most people, and a full is a problem for most athletes, keep in mind.

Mutai seems to have no problem whatsoever. In fact, the only challenge he may have from now on is breaking his own records.

Nick Carbone or newsfeed.time.com reports on the runner's epic win:

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Setting a course record in this year’s Boston Marathon, it was more of the same for marathon sprinter Geoffrey Mutai, who set a new course record in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon. Crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, the 30-year-old Kenyan sprinter shattered the previous record by more than two minutes.

The decade-old record, a mark of 2:07:43 set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia in 2001, was shattered not just by Mutai but by the second and third place finishers. Mutai was trailed close behind by fellow Kenyan (but unrelated) Emmanuel Mutai, who crossed the line just over a minute later at 2:06.28. Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, came in third place with a time of 2:07.12. Each of the three will receive an extra $70,000 on top of their winnings for breaking the course record.

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With the Boston and New York City marathons under his belt, the simple fact that we are talking about Mutai as a record-setter in not just one major marathon but two points to the dynasty that this guy is setting up for himself.

To win it would be impressive, but even the runners behind him were setting records, which points out to how much speed and stamina he really has.

Moving forward, I wouldn't be surprised to hear his name more often.

There are tons more marathons out there in lots of prolific cities, which means there are more records for Mutai to break.