by keadmin | Apr 21, 2007 | Articles, Marathon
By winning last weekend’s Fortis Rotterdam Marathon, the 34-year-old Joshua Chelanga is finally coming out of the shadow of his long time training partner and mentor, Paul Tergat. Chelanga is among the athletes who have formed Tergat’s retinue in...
by keadmin | Jan 30, 2007 | News
The year 2007 was ushered in this week with some good news when distance ace Eliud Kipchoge broke the 10km road world record by eight seconds! A marvellous feat indeed, which should have elicited excitement and renewed hope in Kenyan athletics. However, Athletics...
by keadmin | Jan 5, 2007 | News
By Chris Mbaisi and Robin Toskin – reproduced with permission from The Standard Athletics Kenya (AK) says it has nothing to do with the Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete whose citizenship has been revoked by his new country. AK chairman Isaiah Kiplagat said on Monday...
by keadmin | Nov 5, 2006 | News
Kenyan marathoners break the “500 Barrier” for the year! It seems every year Kenyan male marathoners set new standards of excellence and 2006 has been no exception. At last Sunday’s Standard Chartered Marathon in Singapore (3 Dec), Kenyan men...
by keadmin | Jan 11, 2006 | Articles
Athletics is the leading ‘non-elite’ sport raking in millions of shillings for successful Kenyan runners. The dominance of the global distance athletics scene by Kenyans needs no gainsaying. The question being asked, therefore, is how do the athletes...