Profile: At the young age of 22, Tola the "city boy" as he is known in Ethiopia, due to the fact that he was born and raised in Addis Ababa; has shown tremendous talent from the track to the road, running a 27:04 at the 10,000m, representing Ethiopia at the World Championships in Osaka, Japan. From there Tola shifted his direction to compete mainly on the road in 2009. Tola is more of a silent warrior then a road running star. He approaches all of his events with a quite professionalism that rivals that of a Kobe Bryant or Tiger Woods. To Tola; running is serious business. Tola added to his resume, wins in Falmouth, Ma. and the New York Half-Marathon and San Silviestre 10k in Spain, not to mention Puy En Velay, France. Tadese has been competing mainly on the road, where in 2009 he was the Healthy Kidney 10k Champion. In winning this race Tola, broke the Central Park course record, running a time of 27:48. Tola is planning to run his first Marathon, debuting this October, and is set for a bright future. Personal Bests: EVENT TIME RACE / LOCATION DATE Marathon 2:06:37 Paris Marathon, Paris, France 2010 Half Marathon 59:49 RAK, UAE 2010 10k 27:48 CR New York, NY 2009 21k 60:58 New York, NY 2008 10,000m 27:04 Neerpelt, BEL 2007 3,000m 7:43.70 Herrera, ESP 2007 5,000m 13:33.74 Golden Spike, Ostrava, CZE 2007 20k 57:27 Debrecen, HUN (WC) 2006 Career Highlights: 2010 EVENT TIME PLACE RACE / LOCATION Half Marathon 59:49 2nd RAK Half Marathon, UAE Marathon 2:06:37 1st Paris Marathon, Paris, France 10k 28:49 7th Sunfeast World 10K, Bangalore, India 10K 29:17 3rd Bolder Boulder 10K, Boulder, CO 10K 28:21 6th 19th Corrida Langueux, Langueux, France 10K 28:42 17th Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA. 15K 43:53 6th Utica Boilermaker 15K, Utica, NY 2009 EVENT TIME PLACE RACE / LOCATION 10k 27:48 CR 1st Healthy Kidney 10k, NYC 10k 28:36 2nd Bolder Boulder 10k, Boulder, CO 8k 22:52.50 3rd Crazy 8s 8k, Kingsport, TN 10k 28:04 Peachtree Road Race, Atlanta, GA. Half Marathon 61:06 1st The New York City Half Marathon Marathon 2:15:48 9th Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 10k 5th The Great Ethiopian Run, Addis Ababa Mountain Run 43:26 8th Obudu Mountain Run, Lagos, NIG 2008 EVENT TIME PLACE RACE / LOCATION 10k 1st San Silvestre Vallecana 10k Half Marathon 5th Delhi, IND Half Marathon 2nd Virginia Beach, VA 7.05 Miles 1st Falmouth, MA 10k 1st Minneapolis, MN Half Marathon 60:58 1st New York, NY 10,000m 27:15 5th Eugene, OR 15k 43:49 1st Puy en Velay, FRA 2007 EVENT TIME PLACE RACE / LOCATION 10,000m 2nd African Champs, ALG 10,000m 1st Trials, Addis Ababa, ETH 10 Miles 1st Washington, DC Half Marathon 61:11 11th RAK, UAE 12k World XC 37:04 7th Mombasa, KEN