Elite athlete Habtom Samuel withdrew from the Manchester Road Race presented by the Hartford HealthCare on Monday evening.
Samuel, who won the Boston Half Marathon Sunday, had committed to the race on September 9th. Race officials announced his entry in a media release about the event’s elite field yesterday.
Samuel’s manager informed the race in an email Monday night that Samuel was scratching from the race due to fatigue from such a long competitive season.
“We are disappointed but hopefully Habtom will compete in Manchester in the future,” said Jim Harvey, the road race’s elite runner coordinator. “We still have an exceptional elite field and it will be another great race this year.”