Author: Justin Lagat
Strava’s 3 new irresistible features!
1. Strava allows choosing your favourite runners to appear first on your feed: Among the new features announced by Strava is that of giving users the ability to choose the activities to appear first on their timelines and to choose the favorite runners whose activities appear on top. This means you’ll no longer miss cheering…
David Rudisha’s spectacular 800m run at the London 2012 Olympic Games
World Athletics just named David Rudisha’s 800m run at the 2012 Olympics as the moment of the decade. Here is a story I had written just after watching his run. David Rudisha’s run at the 2012 London Olympics Eighty thousand spectators at the London Olympic Stadium and millions of others watching TV screens at various…
Joshua Cheptegei’s 10K world record at the 2019 Valencia Marathon
How Joshua Cheptegei’s race unfolded Just 3 minutes into the 10km race that had started off at the same time as the Valencia Marathon race on the 1st of December 2019, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei had exhibited a strong determination to break the 10K world record. He even momentarily stepped ahead of the pacesetters appearing to…
Rhonex Kipruto and Agnes Tirop win the inaugural Tuskys Great 10K Run in Eldoret
The first edition of the Tuskys Great 10K Run, which is arguably going to be the biggest 10K in Kenya, happened on Sunday, the 24th of November here in Eldoret. It was an exciting race that met almost all the expectations from both the runners and the fans. The course of the Tuskys Great 10K…
World recorld holders in half marathon, Joyciline Jepkosgei and Geoffrey Kamworor lead Kenyans to 1-2 finishes at the 2019 New York City Marathon
Geoffrey Kamworor on way to winning a past New York City Maraton With the double screens on the TV that made sure fans would not miss the action in the men’s race while watching the women’s race at the same time and the alerts from the mobile phone application whenever athletes crossed some particular points…
A 12-minute improvement at the 2019 New York City Marathon for my athlete!
Duncan Nyasinga running at the 2019 NYC marathon I have never raced at the New York City marathon before, but I was the closest ever to the experience of running it this year as I tracked one of the runners I coach online who was running it. Duncan Nyasinga approached me in late August this…