by maraadmin | Apr 6, 2014 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, Paris, Report
Kenenisa Bekele made his debut over the distance in style, when winning the Paris Marathon 2014 in a new course record of 2:05:04. The Ethiopian, who is still the 5000m and 10000m World Record holder, is considered the greatest distance athlete in history and had set...
by maraadmin | Feb 23, 2014 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, Tokyo, WMM
2014 World Marathon Majors competition picked up where it left off last year, with two more course records falling at today’s 8th annual Tokyo Marathon. Kenya’s Dickson Chumba and Ethiopia’s Tirfi Tsegaye won their first WMM event titles in style, posting course...
by maraadmin | Nov 10, 2013 | Athens, Featured, Kenya, News
Hillary Yego produced a major surprise by taking the Athens Classic Marathon on his debut at the distance. In warm weather with temperatures soaring to well over 20 Celsius the Kenyan, little known on the international scene, ran 2:13:59 on the tough original course,...
by maraadmin | Nov 8, 2013 | Awards, Featured, Kenya, News
Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat win AIMS Best Marathon Runner of the Year Award Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat have been voted the AIMS Best Marathon Runner of the Year. The athletes from Kenya were announced as winners at a gala in Athens on Friday evening. Each...
by maraadmin | Nov 8, 2013 | Berlin, Featured, Kenya, News
IAAF has ratified the marathon world record set by Wilson Kipsang of Kenya at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on 29 September 2013. Kipsang (31) won in 2:03:23 hrs breaking the previous record of 2:03:38 set by Patrick Makau at the 2011 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON. Kipsang marked the...
by maraadmin | Nov 4, 2013 | Ethiopia, Featured, Kenya, News, WMM
The 2012-2013 World Marathon Majors (WMM) Series title came down to the streets of New York City at today’s running of the 43rd ING New York City Marathon. At the Series finale, the $1 million prize was still up for grabs among four race day competitors. After a pair...
