Jason Mbote (born 5 January 1977) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long distance, especially

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcu ...

and

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

distances. On 4 May 2003 Mbote won the 25 km in Berlin in a time of 1:15.07. In 2005 he was just one second behind his compatriot Robert Cheboror(1:03.36) in the

Egmond Half Marathon The Egmond Half Marathon () is an annual half marathon race over 21.1 kilometres that has been staged in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands since 1973. The competition normally takes place in early January. Sections of the road race cross along the beach ...

. Later that year he won the

Great Scottish Run The Great Scottish Run is a series of mass-participation road running events, held annually in the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, in October. The event began as a full marathon in 1979, but later changed to a weekend of shorter events. The weeke ...

in Glasgow (21.1 km) and was second in the

Frankfurt Marathon The Frankfurt Marathon (official name as of 2016: Mainova Frankfurt Marathon, until 2015: BMW Frankfurt Marathon, until 2010: Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon) is a marathon which has taken place every year in Frankfurt am Main since its inception i ...

in 2:08.30. In 2006, Jason triumphed with a victory at the

Zwolle Half Marathon Zwolle Half Marathon is an annual half marathon road running event held in Zwolle, Netherlands, in June. The race was first held in 2001 and attracts both amateur and professional runners. Over 3000 people took part in the 2008 edition of the race. ...

in a time of 1:02.24. In 2006 he was also second in the

Seoul International Marathon The Seoul International Marathon (), also known as The Dong-A Ilbo Seoul Marathon or Seoul Marathon, is an annual marathon race that takes place in Seoul, South Korea. It is hosted by the newspaper ''The Dong-A Ilbo''. It is one of two annual ra ...

in March and won the

JoongAng Seoul Marathon The JoongAng Seoul Marathon is an annual footrace that takes place in Seoul, South Korea, usually in early November. First held in 1999, the race was established as a commemoration of Olympic marathon race which was held as part of the 1988 Seo ...

in November. In 2007 he finished fifth in the Seoul Marathon and sixth in the

Amsterdam Marathon The Amsterdam Marathon, currently branded as TCS Amsterdam Marathon, is an annual marathon (42.195 km) in Amsterdam in the Netherlands since 1975. The road running, road race has a IAAF Road Race Label Events, Platinum Label from World Athle ...

. In March 2008 he set his personal best for the marathon in Seoul with a time of 2:07:37. In 2006, 2009 and 2010 he again won the Great Scottish Run and finished second in the 2011 event in a time of 1:01:58, five seconds behind

Haliu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen (born 4 April 1980 in Arsi Zone, Arsi) is an Ethiopian Running, runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze medal, bronze and team gold medal, ...

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