A conversation I had with one athletics manager dealing with long and middle distance runners kept me thinking about the need for stakeholders in the sport of running to invest in different ways to attract more fans to the sport of running. What the future of running will need The future of running needs more…
There are many great stories that come out of running and training in Kenya. Be it getting lost in the forest, being taken on a longer route than you had planned and ending up stopping and asking for help, starting out on a very tough workout with a group, then looking at each other understandingly…
The last 3 weeks before a marathon race are the most confusing and difficult ones to deal with for many runners. You stop training, you gain weight. You continue training; you feel exhausted on race day. A successful race day depends more on how one balances their training at this stage in order to be…
Being a runner for many years and having worked as a freelance journalist covering the same topic, I have gotten fans across the world that enjoy and follow my articles on the running related stories I share from Kenya. One of the fans is Paul Duffau, an American runner, home inspector and author from Asotin,…
Remembering the amazing experience and great fun at the 2018 Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat Gaa cross country The Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat Gaa cross country race continues to receive great support from its main sponsors, the county government of Nandi, local institutions, and the local community at large. The 2018 race was even so much…
Mohamed Reda El Aaraby of Morocco winning the 2018 Beirut Marathon, photo by Beirut Marathon In what many would have thought to be a mistake, Mohamed Redal pushed the pace early at the Beirut Marathon, managing to get an early break in the men’s race that eventually resulted in an epic victory for him. He was…
