{"id":216,"date":"2014-04-07T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/?p=216"},"modified":"2014-04-07T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T20:36:41","slug":"joyce-chepkirui-still-time-for-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/kenya\/news\/joyce-chepkirui-still-time-for-cooking.htm","title":{"rendered":"Joyce Chepkirui still time for cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joyce<\/a><\/p>\n

Joyce Chepkirui: Inspired by Tegla Loroupe she runs fast and still finds time for cooking<\/p>\n

Tegla Loroupe has been the undisputed trendsetter for women long distance runners in Kenya. The former world marathon record holder made a point of encouraging her fellow countrywomen to run and compete. <\/p>\n

She runs fast and still finds time for cooking<\/h2>\n

Loroupe once said in an interview about female running talents in Kenya: \u201cI don\u2019t want them to disappear in the kitchen cooking meals instead of taking advantage of their talent!\u201d<\/p>\n

These days, plenty of Kenyan female world-class runners have followed Loroupe\u2019s example.<\/p>\n

One of them is Joyce Chepkirui \u2013 and she even manages to find time to create appetising dishes in the kitchen. Two days after taking the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon with the fifth fastest time ever of 66:19<\/a> minutes Chepkirui went to the Run Czech Running Mall in Prague and cooked a meal for the staff of the organisation and associated mass runners. She was there together with men\u2019s winner Peter Kirui.<\/p>\n

There is no question about her choice of number one influence and idol: Tegla Loroupe. \u201cWhen I was a child I read about her in the magazines. But so far I haven\u2019t had a chance to meet her.\u201d Chepkirui grew up in Kericho and got interested in running through her parents who are farmers. \u201cIn their younger days they were both both 10,000 m runners. I don\u2019t know their personal bests, but they reached national level,\u201d recalls the 25 year-old, who has two sisters and three brothers. One of the younger brothers, who is 17, has also taken up running. \u201cMay be I can help him in the future,\u201d says Chepkirui, who has no children yet and supports her parents and siblings with some of her earnings.<\/p>\n

In 2009 Chepkirui married Erick Kibet, a 61:10 half marathoner. A year later he took over as her coach and since then there has been a significant improvement. Chepkirui ran sub 70 minutes for the first time in 2010 and added a world-class 10 k best of 30:38 a year later. At the 10 k distance she is the sixth fastest in history with her 30:37 PB from Berlin last year.<\/p>\n

Chepkirui and Kibet live in Iten where she trains regularly with Florence Kiplagat and Mary Keitany. Kiplagat broke the world half marathon with 65:12 earlier this year, while Keitany is preparing for a comeback after giving birth last year. \u201cWe have male pacemakers to support us,\u201d says Chepkirui, who also saw Mo Farah preparing for his London Marathon debut next Sunday. \u201cI think he is in good form,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Chepkirui ran her marathon debut in London last year. However due to an Achilles problem she only managed 2:35:54 for 15th place. Her times at 10 k and the half marathon suggest she should be able to run more than 15 minutes faster. \u201cI will run my second marathon at the end of the year. We are planning for Honolulu,\u201d Chepkirui says. \u201cI know this is not a fast course, so I would be happy to finish with maybe 2:25. I would then go for a flat and fast marathon next year.\u201d Asked what might be possible for her in the marathon in future she answers: \u201cI dream of running 2:17 one day, but marathon running is not easy.\u201d Everyone enjoying her cuisine in the Run Czech Running Mall in Prague would testify to that. For the Rio Olympics in 2016 Chepkirui has her sights on qualifying for the Kenyan team in the10,000 m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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