Category: Marathon
Is Hiring a 1 to 1 online running coach worth it?
Having a Kenyan online running coach is much more valuable than buying Kenyan jerseys and bracelets. – Steven Vanlancker “I am surprised that it had to take me over 6,000km of traveling to finally understand what “easy” in running really meant,” Steven Vanlancker told me -his online running coach- as we sat and sipped…
Chepngetich runs historic 2:17:18 to win Nagoya Women’s Marathon
Waking up at night to watch the Nagoya Women’s Marathon did not go to waste as Chepngetich ran another memorable race to win and set a new course record. Below is the story I did about the race for RunBlogRun Waking up early to watch Chepngetich run Kenyan fans are getting used to waking up…
Brigid Kosgei and Eliud Kipchoge run third fastest times in history to win 2022 Tokyo Marathon titles
With two third-fastest times in history and two new course records being set by the reigning world marathon record-holders; Brigid Kosgei and Eliud Kipchoge, the 2022 Tokyo Marathon will definitely remain as one of the memorable marathons in history! With four Japanese runners and four Kenyans in the top ten today, it is apparent that…
The Plight of a Kenyan Marathon Runner with 2:07:51
If only Edwin Kosgei wasn’t a Kenyan marathon runner, his 2:07:51 performance would probably have placed him in the Olympic Marathon Team! Kosgei at sienna Marathon After landing in the country on 13th April from Sienna, Kosgei could not hide his happiness as we talked on the phone. He had just bettered his marathon personal…
Brigid Kosgei runs an amazing new women’s world record of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon
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…
Ruth Chepngetich, the most likely to break women marathon world record soon
At the finish line of the Dubai Marathon, I captured a few words of Ruth Chepngetich speaking in their local (Kalenjin) dialect with Emmanuel Saina on how the race had gone for her and a few challenges she had. She had then noticed Worknesh Dagefa coming to congratulate her and the press around them and…