Category: Marathon
marathon training; 8 practical tips on preventing common running injuries
One of the most challenging decisions for any runner to make is to cancel their marathon race due to common running injuries derailing their marathon training. Unfortunately, injuries are usually the leading reasons most runners have had to cancel their races, and there are a lot of inconveniences involved from having to try and get…
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…
Felix Kirwa and Tsige Haileslase triumph at the 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon
The 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon happened on Saturday 4th June. In an interesting race that had a dramatic turn of events in the men’s race that would cost the lead runner the course record, two debutants emerged top in the women’s race as Felix Kirwa of Kenya fought all the obstacles thrown at him, including…
Korikwiang’s awaited debut finally happened at the 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon
Pauline Korikwiang’s long wait To be able to finally announce her marathon debut – and be hours away from running – is something that makes her exceedingly happy, almost emotional. It has been a long arduous journey full of injury setbacks for Pauline Korikwiang to finally get ready to run the marathon distance after a…
A 2-day eye-opening World Athletics Media Development Program in Nairobi, Kenya
It was such a great opportunity for me to be part of a group of journalists that attended a special World Athletics Media Development Program event that happened at the La Mada Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from the 5th to the 7th of May, 2022. As the Kip Keino Classic World Continental Tour meeting in…