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Eldoret International Airport, Amsterdam Marathon, Lawrence Cherono, Daniel Wanjiru, Nobert Kigen, Dr. Gabriela Rosa, Rosa Associati, Abraham Kiptum,

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Honolulu marathon: Lawrence Cherono to defend title, lower time

Reigning Amsterdam marathon champion Lawrence Cherono is set to defend his Honolulu marathon title set for December 10th in the Hawaii state of world’s super power, United States of America.

Mediamax, Abel Kirui, Lawrence Cherono, Ziwa Farmers Marathon, Events Marketing Solutions, Home Ground Bakers, Lawrence Tanui,

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Ziwa Farmers Marathon: Elite athletes Abel Kirui, Lawrence Cherono urge for more local races sponsorship

Elite athletes have urged cooperates in Kenya to sponsor many athletics events in the country to aid in nurturing many budding athletes in the country before thinking of running against the world.

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Tuskys Cross country: Lilian Kasait, Emmanuel Bett wins

Lilian Kasait returned to Tuskys Wareng cross country with senior’s hut with a win while Emmanuel Bett won with a slim margin in the event that was dominated by Keringet based runners.

Ndalat Cross country, Sandra Chebet, Eva Cherono, Pascalia Jepkorir, Emmy Chepkurui, Bornes Chepkurui

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Baringo Half Marathon: Isaac Kipkoech, Lucy Cheruiyeot arre the champions

Kenyan perennial athletics rivals Ethiopians failed to live to their expectations, dominate Lotto Baringo Half marathon race today in Kabarnet, Baringo County.

Pascalia Kipkoech Chepkorir, the 2012 IAAF World Half marathon bronze medalist has cleared much hyped speculations that she will not be defending her University of Eldoret (UoE) cross country 8km title when the race gets underway this Saturday. Instead, the Iten based road run specialist will be sapping the streets of Valencia in Spain for Valencia Half marathon this Sunday to add her othet title in the 21km distance. With her focus to improve on her time, the 2003 World Youth 3,000m silver medalist said she was on final touches of preparations of training before traveling to the Spanish City. Top form runner said she is ready to compete in Valencia to improve on her 67:17 personal best in the 21km distance. “I have what it takes to take the title and improve on my time in the Spaniard city since my body is responding well to the training. In Valencia, I want to try my best to finish on the podium but majorly I win will be good for me,” said Chepkorir. Having won the Berlin half marathon title in 2010, the soft spoken runner has been consistent her youthful age and last weekend she finished third in the Isaiah Kiplagat Memorial Ndalat Gaa cross country, the first in the Athletics Kenya Calendar of events ahead of Africa Cross country and Commonwealth Games. “I did not run well today because last Sunday I had just run Durban 10km race in South Africa but I have to be contented with what I got,” said Chepkorir after finishing third in Ndalat on Saturday. Veronica Nyaruai, Paskalia Jepkorir, Durban 10km, Isaac Macharia

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Baringo Half marathon: Kenya, Ethiopia rivalry on course

Perennial athletic rivals Kenya and Ethiopia has been competing on world platforms but come Saturday, the East Africa athletic hubs will be facing off at Baringo Half marathon.

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KICOSCA Games: Tuwei siblings to anchor Uasin Gishu athletics team

Siblings Samson Tuwei and Wilson Tuwei will lead the Uasin Gishu County in defending athletics title at this year’s Kenya Inter-Counties Sports and Cultural Association (KICOSCA) that kicks off on Sunday in Machakos County.

Mary Keitany, Mary Jepkosgey Keitany, Vivian Cheruiyot, Priscah Jeptoo, Magdalene Masai, Caroline Chepkoech, Great North Run half marathon, Great North Run, Charles Koech, Kenya’s Mary Keitany took 41 seconds off the women’s-only world record* at the Virgin Money London Marathon, running 2:17:01 at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday (23). Keitany said in the build-up to this year’s race she was in shape to break Paula Radcliffe’s mark of 2:17:42 and while she demurred when asked about the possibility of bettering Radcliffe’s outright mark of 2:15:25, Keitany was running minutes inside Radcliffe’s schedule in the first half. Paced by her training partner Caroline Kipkirui, Keitany cut loose from arguably the most accomplished field in race history with an astonishingly fast third mile 4:37. Through 5km in 15:31 and 10km in 31:17, Keitany was running at close to 2:10 pace while the second group – which was already beginning to splinter – hit 10km in 31:31, exactly half a minute faster than Radcliffe in 2003. Keitany, who covered the fourth and fifth miles in 4:56 and 4:59 respectively, was still within sight of the second group at 10km but the 34-year-old was away and clear with a succession of mile splits faster than 5:10 through the 10-mile mark in 50:41. Her half marathon split of 1:06:54 was the fastest in marathon history (Radcliffe ran 1:08:02 in 2003) and her advantage had extended to 59 seconds over the chasers, including track greats Tirunesh Dibaba, Vivian Cheruiyot, former winner Aselefech Mergia and world silver medallist Helah Kiprop. “I know Mary is a fast runner and I was following my own pace and until halfway, I was on track but I was never expecting she would go that fast and maintain it,” said an incredulous Dibaba after the race. This early pace had already torn the second group asunder. Former winner Tigist Tufa and world champion Mare Dibaba had lost more than three minutes on the second group with the latter dropping out after the 30km mark. Keitany was also beginning to slow with a 14th mile of 5:21 before four successive miles in the 5:14-5:18 range. Through 30km in a pending world record of 1:36:05, Keitany was still 31 seconds faster than Radcliffe in 2003 but her preceding 5km split of 16:22 was her slowest thus far. Keitany’s mile splits had started to drift into the 5:20 range and while Dibaba seemed to be running with more fluidity, her lead stayed at more than one minute through 35km in 1:52:39. The overall world record was beyond reach but Keitany was still on course to smash Radcliffe’s women’s-only world record. Dibaba was running at a fantastic pace in just her second marathon, but after such a fast start she had to stop due to stomach cramps in the 23rd mile. She quickly gathered herself, but in spite of her fantastic credentials over the shorter distances there was no way she was going to catch Keitany. After covering the preceding two miles in 5:27 and 5:25 respectively, Keitany spurted again with a 26th mile in 4:56 to ensure she would take a sizeable chunk off Radcliffe’s 12-year-old women’s-only world record with 2:17:01, the second-fastest time in the history of women’s marathon running. “I want to thank the pacemaker who was taking me all the way to 14 miles,” said Keitany. “From there, I started to go alone and see how my body was.” Dibaba rallied in the closing stages to finish second in 2:17:56, taking more than a minute from Tiki Gelana’s Ethiopian record and becoming the third-fastest woman in history. “I haven’t decided yet but my gut feeling is I’ll be running the 10,000m on the track,” said Dibaba on her plans for the IAAF World Championships London 2017 this summer. Mergia was beset by leg cramps in the closing stages but the 2010 champion accrued another podium finish in third in 2:23:08 while Cheruiyot, who equalled her half-marathon lifetime best of 1:07:54 en route, faded to fourth on her debut in 2:23:50.

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Aims: Eliud Kipchige, Mary Keitany are the best

Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and 2012 Olympic Marathon silver medalist Mary Keitany won this year’s best marathon title.

Mirriam Cherop, Beatrice Chebet, Agnes Ngeny. Edna Jebitok, Roselinda Chepketer

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Athletics Kenya cross country: Faith Chepng’etich on the start

Olympic Games 1,500m champion Faith Chepngetitch, will spice up Athletics Kenya Sotik Cross country meeting in Bomet County this Saturday.

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New York Marathon: Geoffrey Kamworor targets World Half marathon

New York City marathon champion Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor has set his focus to defend his title at 2018 IAAF World Half marathon title set for Valencia in Spain.

Chicago marathon, Abel Kirui, Zersenay Tadese, Dennis Kimetto, Florence Kiplagat, Eliud Kipchoge, Bernard Kipyego

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Abel Kirui: I have a mission to accomplish before retiring

Former Chicago marathon champion Abel Kirui has no reason to retire from athletics until 2020 Olympic Games.