This is a press release from the organizers of the Beirut Marathon:Beirut, October 3, 2018 - Kenya’s Wesley Korir will be the star attraction among a loaded men’s field at the 16th edition of the BLOM BANK Beirut Marathon on November 11, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.Korir, a winner of the Boston Marathon in […]
This is a story I had written a few months ago regarding Ezekiel Kemboi's likelihood to move to the marathon next year. Then it happened. He just announced it himself in Eldoret this Thursday, the 27th of September 2018 when Isuzu company was handing over a car to Eliud Kipchoge for breaking the marathon world […]
After today's press release, it is apparent that more should be done in educating the Kenyan athletes on matters to do with doping. It seems like most cases are a result of ignorance on the part of the athletes. Here is what the WADA, AIU and ADAK taskforce found regarding doping in Kenya. The report […]
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Kenyan runners are already paying, in many ways, for the successes of their predecessors in running. Currently, to qualify as an elite athlete from Kenya to run any big city marathon these days, one needs to have run around 2:06:00 in the distance while for runners from other countries, times […]
Ezekiel Kemboi training with friends in Eldoret I am writing this with one blocked nostril and some fever after a sleepless night, and having missed to go for my 25km easy run this morning. The previous day as I did my morning run in a group of four athletes on a rough road around Eldoret, […]
Perhaps being inspired by the great run by Eliud Kipchoge at the Berlin Marathon this weekend, I have been getting numerous calls and text messages from many people who are interested in joining the runners’ club. Well, beginning to run is the best decision one can ever make in their lives. As Kipchoge himself puts […]