Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet had such an amazing 2023 that ended with a world record run on the eve of the new year. This has earned her the Sports Personality of the Month title from SJAK/LG. Below is the press release from SJAK. Beatrice Chebet Named LG_SJAK Sports Personality for December Nairobi, Kenya, January 18, 2023…
Below is a press release from the Dubai Marathon organizers featuring Dera Dida, who is coming back to defend her title in 2024. Dubai (UAE): Less than ten months after winning the 2023 Dubai Marathon,Ethiopian star Dera Dida has confirmed she will return to the UAE to defendher Dubai crown on January 7. Earlier this…
The 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships could have been the best-ever edition of the championships in history, so far. I was lucky to have been there in person, and it is taking almost a month for me to digest everything that I saw and experienced there. It was simply amazing; an out-of-this-world experience.
Ezekiel Onyango, a veteran doctor, is one of the Kenyan runners who run not as a means to earn a living but as a hobby and a way to ensure they live an active and healthy lifestyle. As a recreational runner, he is set on a journey to run all the world’s major marathons; Tokyo,…
A Runner after a marathon training run. Written or unwritten, every organized activity in this world has got its own defined rules and regulations. From the fifteen years of experience I have had in professional athletic camps in Kenya, below are the unwritten rules that I have been observing. Here are the marathon training rules…
Not all Kenyan runners have vehicles to use in their long runs, but they still find ways to do it. Below are four typical ways in which most Kenyan runners do their long runs. Where there is a will, there is always a way. How runners in big training camps do their long runs Firstly,…
