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…
One of the reasons why you are here reading this article could be that you are trying to find a running coach, you are new to running, you feel the need to improve on your running and are wondering how much, or if, you should spend your money on a running coach. You are at…
The 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships could have been the best-ever edition of the championships in history, so far. I was lucky to have been there in person, and it is taking almost a month for me to digest everything that I saw and experienced there. It was simply amazing; an out-of-this-world experience.
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…
When it comes to the topic of obesity, no one mentions genetics. Also, instead of Kenyan runners’ diet and lifestyles being discussed when a Kenyan athlete wins a major marathon race, people are quick to credit it to their genes and tend to stress this much more than they should actually be doing. They should…
