Dire Tune
ETHIOPIA
BIRTHDATE:
June 19, 1985
PERSONAL BEST:
2:24:40 (Houston, 2008)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
21Apr08 Boston Marathon 1st 2:25:25
02Sep07 IAAF World Championships, Osaka DNF
14Aug05 IAAF World Championships, Helsinki 37th 2:39:13
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
13Jan08 Houston Marathon 1st 2:24:40
16Apr07 Nagano Olympic Commemorative Marathon 2nd 2:28:59
14Jan07 Houston Marathon 1st 2:26:52
30Apr06 Country Music Marathon 3rd 2:39:10
12Feb06 Hong Kong Marathon 1st 2:35:15
06Mar05 City of Los Angeles Marathon 4th 2:30:48
CAREER NOTES:
Dire Tune [Arissi] won the closest women's race ever at the 2008 Boston Marathon. After a dramatic battle with Russian Alevtina Biktimirova that went down to the final few hundred meters, Tune prevailed by just two seconds in 2:25:25.
She began 2008 in splendid fashion with her second consecutive Houston Marathon victory in a personal and course record 2:24:40. She also won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon in 2006.
Although not faring well in IAAF World Championships marathon competitions, she ran a tremendous race at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships 20-K, reaching the finish line in fourth (1:05:16). En route she set personal bests at 10-K (32:01) and 15-K (48:40).
In 2007 she posted her fastest half-marathon with a fourth place of 1:11:11 at Ras Al Khaimah.
PERSONAL NOTES:
Tune began running at 16. She is married and enjoys cooking and doing housework.
