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 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…
Here is a press release from World Athletics on ending of the qualification period for the World Athletics championships Oregon22 Number of athletes qualified for the World Athletics Championships Some 1900 athletes have qualified to compete at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 from 15-24 July. The qualification period for individual track and field disciplines closed on 26…
In a show of great determination and his undying love for running, Johannes Borchert finished the Lewa half marathon this weekend in Meru, at a wildlife conservancy slightly over 200km to the north of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi -by road. This was such an inspiring achievement given that he had contracted Covid-19 last month (May…
Here is a press release from World Athletics on the Candidates for 2022 Athletes’ Commission: World Athletics has received 12 nominations for the six available seats on the World Athletics Athletes’ Commission. All athletes accredited for the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will have the right to vote in the elections, which will take place during the…
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…
Absa Kenya, the financial institution that has been working closely with the Kip Keino Classic World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, will be one of the main sponsors for the Athletics Kenya World Championships/Commonwealth Games national trials this weekend. Absa Bank Kenya will sponsor the trials with 12 million Kenyan shillings and is part of…
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…
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…
Here is a PRESS RELEASE from the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 organization Tokyo Olympian Tachlowini Gabriyesos will lead a six-member Athlete Refugee Team (ART) to next month’s World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Gabriyesos, 24, made waves one year ago when he finished 16th in the Olympic marathon in Sapporo, beating some of the world’s best marathoners….
Lotiang’s selfless act When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020 and most of the runners lost their source of income after races across the world were canceled, John Lotiang was selfless and determined to help his fellow runners in Iten during the hard times. He decided to move out of his own house into…
I spoke with Susan Sirma, the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at the World Championship in 1991 just after the death of Ben Jipcho in 2020. The death of Ben Jipcho Once you win medals for the country and celebrations are over, you are on your own. This seems…
