Author: Justin Lagat
Kipchoge, El Bakkali, Lyles, Ingebrigtsen and Duplantis make finalists of Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2022
The top five Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 finalists have just been released by World Athletics. PRESS RELEASE Finalists announced for Men’s World Athlete of the Year 2022 The names of the five finalists for Men’s World Athlete of the Year have been confirmed, as the countdown to the World Athletics Awards 2022 continues. The five…
2022 BAA Boston Half Marathon promises to excite
The 2022 BAA Boston half marathon race promises to be exciting. The weather looks good with 40-53 degrees Fahrenheit expected on a partly sunny Sunday Morning, on the streets of Boston. With a late withdrawal by Kenya’s Vicoty Chepngeno, 20-year-old Bosena Mulatie of Ethiopia leads the women’s start list with a personal best time of 1:05:46.…
Chebet used Boston Marathon’s win as preparation for New York
Chebet won the men’s race at the NYC Marathon On unusual warm weather for the annual TCS New York City Marathon, Kenya’s Evans Chebet surged at around the 25km point, and no one else in the group of chasers could go with him. At 32km, he ran past the Brazilian runner who was already lying…
marathon training; 8 practical tips on preventing common running injuries
One of the most challenging decisions for any runner to make is to cancel their marathon race due to common running injuries derailing their marathon training. Unfortunately, injuries are usually the leading reasons most runners have had to cancel their races, and there are a lot of inconveniences involved from having to try and get…
Qualification period ends for World Athletics Championships Oregon22
Here is a press release from World Athletics on ending of the qualification period for the World Athletics championships Oregon22 Number of athletes qualified for the World Athletics Championships Some 1900 athletes have qualified to compete at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 from 15-24 July. The qualification period for individual track and field disciplines closed on 26…
Borchert miraculously completes the 2022 Lewa half marathon a month after contracting COVID-19
In a show of great determination and his undying love for running, Johannes Borchert finished the Lewa half marathon this weekend in Meru, at a wildlife conservancy slightly over 200km to the north of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi -by road. This was such an inspiring achievement given that he had contracted Covid-19 last month (May…