1.   A year ago, Letko made her marathon debut in New York.

2.   Curious enough to make her marathon debut Sunday in the New York City Marathon.

3.   Last October, in his marathon debut, he took Chicago in the fastest time ever in the United States.

4.   Two years ago, in her marathon debut, Ndereba hung with Roba here until the road began rising, then faded to sixth.

5.   Paula Radcliffe, the two-time defending half-marathon and cross-country world champion, was making her marathon debut.

6.   And Margaret Okayo, who lost to Chepchumba by a second last year in her marathon debut, is back.

7.   Ethiopian distance great Haile Gebrselassie will make his marathon debut in London next year, getting a record appearance fee reportedly worth half a million dollars.

8.   He also plans to make his marathon debut next year.

9.   In her marathon debut last year, she followed instructions perfectly, coming off the pace to become the first African woman to win a major marathon.

10.   Kenyan Eluid Keiring won the Prague International Marathon Sunday in his marathon debut, beating Russian Dimitri Kapitonov and countryman Jimmy Muindi in a tight race.