Category: Running

  • The best Exercises for runners

    The best Exercises for runners

    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…

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  • What you should know about running road races in the US

    What you should know about running road races in the US

    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…

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  • How much should you pay for a running coach?

    How much should you pay for a running coach?

    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…

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  • Budapest World Athletics Championships; my amazing personal experiences

    Budapest World Athletics Championships; my amazing personal experiences

    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.

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  • Long runs among Kenyan runners are done in different unique ways

    Long runs among Kenyan runners are done in different unique ways

    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,…

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  • My one-on-one interview with Canada’s Reid Coolsaet when he arrived in Kenya to prepare for the world half marathon and Rio Olympics in 2016

    My one-on-one interview with Canada’s Reid Coolsaet when he arrived in Kenya to prepare for the world half marathon and Rio Olympics in 2016

    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…

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