Category: Running
How to train 5000m track event the successful Kenyan way
The road to the 2023 Budapest World Championships has already started for athletes interested in winning medals there. Here is the typical Kenyan training for the 5,000m track event. This event is the closest to the middle distance in the category of long distance events and therefore requires more speed workouts than the other long…
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…
A detailed preview of the 2022 Kenyan national trials happening this weekend (24th -25th June) in Kasarani
Here is an elaborate preview of all the events that will take place at the Kenyan national trials this weekend that will be used to select a team going out to two different championships. The world championships will take place in Oregon from 15th July to 24th and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will occur from 28th July…
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…
6 reasons why you definitely need a coach as a runner
1. You need a coach to make your training more enjoyable. A coach is obviously someone who has had past experience as a runner or has spent many years studying the art of running and every aspect of it. He knows the best steps for you to gradually transform into a faster runner without feeling…