by maraadmin | Apr 21, 2015 | Africa, Boston, Ethiopia, Events, Kenya, News, USA, WMM
In 2013, Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa stormed to victory in the 117th Boston Marathon. Twelve months later, he returned with a weight of expectation on his shoulders; the result was a DNF. In 2015 he came to Boston with a point to prove – which he did in...
by maraadmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Featured, Kenya, News, Zurich
At its 13th edition the Zurich Marathon enjoyed almost perfect conditions and new record numbers: 9’698 runners had registered for the event, 8’782 took the start and 8’675 made it to the finish. Seen these numbers the 50 cases that the first aid had to deal with are...
by maraadmin | Apr 20, 2015 | Africa, Europe, Events, Featured, Hannover, Kenya, News, South Africa
Cheshari Jacob and Souad Ait Salem won the 25th edition of the HAJ Hannover Marathon on Sunday. In very good weather conditions 31 year-old Kenyan Jacob clocked 2:09:32. In a close finish Ethiopia’s Chala Bekele had been in the lead briefly in the final kilometre but...
by maraadmin | Feb 12, 2015 | Awards, Featured, Kenya, News
The world running organisation the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) is delighted to announce that the Kenyan athlete Dennis Kimetto has been awarded the AIMS World Record Award in recognition of his World Record breaking time of 2:02:57...
by maraadmin | Dec 7, 2014 | Asia, Events, Featured, Kenya, News, Singapore
The dream life of Kenneth Mungara continues, with another marathon victory, this time in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, Sunday morning. It was already unlikely that the 42 year old Kenyan would ever have to work behind a barber’s chair again. But another...
by maraadmin | Nov 10, 2014 | Athens, Featured, Kenya, News
Ten years after Stefano Baldini won the gold medal in the Athens Olympic marathon the course record of the Italian was finally broken by Kenyan Felix Kandie: It was the unheralded Kandie who did it and caused a big surprise in the “Athens Marathon. The Authentic” on...
