On Saturday, IAAF Marathon world championships gold medalist Edna Kiplagat (Nike) returned to the turf for the first time since last February’s Kenyan Cross-Country Championships, and posted a solid 3rd place result at the Kenya Police Inter-Divisional Cross Country Chmpionships, running 28:59 over the 8 km course in Nairobi. Click here for the IAAF’s report on Saturday’s racing.
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Kiplagat seeks to make history at the Olympics
Kenya’s Capital FM Sports chats with reigning world champion Edna Kiplagat (Nike) on what it will take to become Kenya’s first-ever women’s Olympic marathon champion. Click here.
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JCL Montferland 15K video
Edna crosses the line at Montferland (Photo courtesy of JCL Montferland 15K, all rights reserved)
The organizers of this month’s JCL Montferland 15K (world champ Edna Kiplagat of Nike in 2nd) have sent us a 4-minute video of race highlights. Click here.
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Full Weekend of Racing
While Boulder gets buried under another foot of powder this weekend, our athletes will be out competing in five events around the world.
Reigning IAAF marathon world champ Edna Kiplagat (Nike) will compete for the first time since her gold-medal run in Daegu, racing the JCL Montferland Run 15K in the Netherlands.
From the new training group organized by Edna and her husband Gilbert Koech, Jonathan Cheruiyot will take on the hot and humid conditions of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.
James Mwangi Macharia (NTN), 3rd at the Philadelphia Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon in September, will be looking for a big improvement on his 2:10:06 marathon PB in tomorrow’s Fukuoka International Marathon.
Nuta Olaru (ASICS) will race the California International Marathon in Sacramento tomorrow.
And out in Vegas, Meghan Peyton (Team USA Minnesota) and Kenyon Neuman (Team Alchemy) will run the Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Half-Marathon Sunday evening as their last big tests five weeks out from their participation in next month’s U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
Edna Kiplagat in Monaco for World Athletics Gala
Edna Kiplagat (Nike) and her husband/coach, Gilbert Koech, are among the invited guests for this weekend’s World Athletics Gala in Monaco. The year-end celebration of the athletics season will feature many of this past summer’s world championships’ gold medalists, an IAAF Council meeting, a rocking party, and the crowning of the men’s and women’s Athletes of the Year.
Click here for the IAAF’s preview article.
Constantina Dita and Edna Kiplagat featured in TCS World 10K Bangalore media day
Greetings from Bangalore, India! Constantina Dita (ASICS) and Edna Kiplagat (Nike) were featured in today’s activities and media events for the TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) World 10K Bangalore, which takes place this coming Sunday morning. Over 20,000 runners are expected for the race day events, which include the elite race, a people’s race, and also a fun run. TCS has put up a very attractive prize purse, featuring $21,000 for both the men’s and women’s champions on Sunday, going down to $1,000 for 10th place on each side.
Constantina is on hand as the Event Ambassador for this year’s race. Race organizers Procam have put her up in a beautiful two-room suite at the host ITC Windsor hotel in Bangalore. Her press conference yesterday was widely reported in the today’s Indian newspapers. This afternoon, she visited Shree Kenteereva Stadium to help V.D. Wadhwa, the Managing Director for Timex Group India, unveil the official timing clock and watch for this year’s race. Following this unveling, Constantina met about 100 athletes and coaches of the Bangalore youth track programs who were training at the stadium. In addition to the kids’ enthusiastic requests for autographs and photos, they also gave her numerous gifts, with earrings, necklaces, and a nifty new hat!
Coming off her ING New York City Marathon win and 2:20:46 in April’s Virgin London Marathon, Edna is one of this year’s featured invited athletes. She arrived early this morning after a circuitous travel route of Eldoret to Nairobi to Doha to Bangalore. After a well-earned nap, Edna also had a press conference at the stadium, and then stayed on hand to meet the young Indian athletes and their coaches.
Tonight’s featured event will be the Official Welcome Party at the beautiful colonial host hotel, the ITC Windsor, and the Kingfisher Fashion Night, during which Constantina will also strut the catwalk in an outfit created by the show’s top designer just for her.
