Dire Tune

Dire Tune Arissi (pronounced "Deer-ay Too-nay";[1] Ge'ez: ዲሬ ቱኔ, born 19 June 1985) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner.

Her agent said the problem was due in part to dehydration combined with the cool weather and the fact that she trained for a shorter race.

Dire Tune holds the One Hour running world record of 18.517 kilometres set June 12, 2008 in Ostrava.

[7] She ran at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon a few days later and was the runner-up, albeit some minutes behind a world record-breaking Mary Keitany.

Despite running the first 13 miles in the lead pack, she was disqualified after consuming a drink from an unknown person in the crowd, which is against IAAF rules.

Dire Tune on the way to winning the 2008 Boston Marathon.