Author: Justin Lagat
How to train 5000m track event the successful Kenyan way
The road to the 2023 Budapest World Championships has already started for athletes interested in winning medals there. Here is the typical Kenyan training for the 5,000m track event. This event is the closest to the middle distance in the category of long distance events and therefore requires more speed workouts than the other long…
Training during the Covid-19 scary pandemic
Training during the Covid-19 pandemic brought a lot of childhood memories back and changed my focus on how I now see running. Someone said, you never miss the water until the well runs dry. It was the same case for everyone from early 2019 to some time in 2020 when the scary virus changed everything…
7 important pieces of running advice I give to my runners
The emergence of sophisticated GPS watches, heart rate monitors, running applications, and fitness websites like Strava that share training data and experiences, has made it possible for me to give running advice to runners across the world and has become very easy for many runners out there to reach out to me and try out…
6 reasons why you definitely need a coach as a runner
1. You need a coach to make your training more enjoyable. A coach is obviously someone who has had past experience as a runner or has spent many years studying the art of running and every aspect of it. He knows the best steps for you to gradually transform into a faster runner without feeling…
Lotiang offers free accommodation to fellow runners in Iten, Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lotiang’s selfless act When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020 and most of the runners lost their source of income after races across the world were canceled, John Lotiang was selfless and determined to help his fellow runners in Iten during the hard times. He decided to move out of his own house into…
Susan Sirma on legend Ben Jipcho’s death and the need for Kenyan veteran runners to come together
I spoke with Susan Sirma, the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at the World Championship in 1991 just after the death of Ben Jipcho in 2020. The death of Ben Jipcho Once you win medals for the country and celebrations are over, you are on your own. This seems…