Brigid Kosgei just gave us another shock today (the 13th of October 2019) after running a new women’s world record of 2:14:04 at the Chicago Marathon to shatter a sixteen-year-old world record by over one minute and twenty seconds. This happened as we were just about to recover from the shock that struck us yesterday…
With four days to go before the Berlin Marathon in 2014, I caught up with Dennis Kimetto in Kapng’etuny, Kenya, as he finalized his training before heading out to Berlin. He is a man of few words, but the few words he told me, supported by hard facts, made me wonder whether the world marathon…
After a runner completes a gruelling marathon, there are energy gels, sports drinks, protein shakes, racing shoes, pacemakers, sunglasses, GPS sport watches, and performance socks, among companies waiting to claim credit for any good performance. What percentage of the credit goes to a good running coach and the runner? If it was true that every…
The 2019 IAAF Aarhus World Cross Country Championships that happened in Denmark are over, but there are moments that will remain in record books and in the minds of fans that watched it for a long time to come. Below are some of the memories to keep from the Aarhus World Cross Country Championships. 1.…
Jacqueline Nyetipei helps a running drink water in a race For yet another time, a Kenyan runner, Simon Cheprot, has captured the hearts of many fans not because of their running, but due to their kind and humane acts during the race. This was in an almost similar incident to that of Jacqueline Nyatipei did…
On the 14th day of January 2013, work began on the site of the track that was being constructed by Lornah Kiplagat in Iten, Kenya. The field had to be cleared, and all the loose soil excavated and carried out of the site before being replaced by hard subsoil brought from nearby quarries and levelled.…
