As the year begins, many things resume or start afresh following some new-year resolutions. Running after the long break is one of those. The end-of-year festivities and the cold season in most parts of the world make December one month when most runners are forced to pause their running. On the other hand, January is a month…
In 2024, Kenyan athletes, particularly women, made remarkable strides in athletics by breaking several world records. Below are the notable world records set by Kenyan athletes during this year.
Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola and Netherlands’ Siffan Hassan set new Olympic records to win the men’s and women’s marathon races at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In closely contested races, Tola triumphed in 2:06:26, while Hassan finished in 2:22:55. Lessons from the events emphasized the importance of speed, utilizing strengths, and the unpredictable nature of marathons.
Could this happen in the Olympics marathon events as well? Across all the athletics disciplines at the ongoing Olympics, the level of competition and potential for surprises has risen compared to what we witnessed at the past Olympic Games. There are no longer very clear favourites. However, what may work for the Kenyan stakes in…
Mike Cartwright, now 65 years old, started running marathons when he was about 46. This weekend, on 9th June 2024, he completed his 300th marathon in Thailand at the Laguna Phuket Marathon! “I started it as a way to train my body and mind and have a healthier lifestyle due to work stress. I had…
In designing the best exercises for runners, one needs to consider that the body is interrelated. The spine, which holds the spinal cord, is the center of the musculoskeletal system. The vertebral column also called the spinal column or backbone, is made up of 33 vertebrae separated by spongy disks and classified into 4 distinct…
On October 3rd, 2023, I set out on a journey to learn more about the way of life in the US, especially the sport of running road races. The journey was long. It took me five hours to travel from Nairobi to the Hamad International Airport in Doha, with a layover of about eight hours…
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,…
Reid Coolsaet, the two times Olympian from Canada, is one of the pioneer long-distance runners in his country. The 44-year-old no longer feature a lot in the big city marathons, but continues to inspire the populations in Canada to take up running by participating in a number of running campaigns and promoting running products like…
From what just happened in Vienna, one can think of anything that people think is impossible to accomplish, like flying by flapping your hands vigorously. Set their mind on doing it, believe in themself, and they will just be able to do that! The greatest of all time, Eliud Kipchoge just did exactly that on…
