London Marathon 2017 Elite Women’s Preview
London Marathon 2017 Elite Women’s Race Preview Yesterday we described the Men’s race for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon with almost a tinge of disappointment at who was missing. We pointed out that this is the first in a number of years where the ‘greatest...
Gun Runners – The financial pressure of being a runner in Kenya
We recently recommended the film Gun Runners by Anjali Nayar which is currently available on Netflix. Aside from being a great watch in itself, the film also raised a number of issues and interesting discussion points on Kenyan running, some of which have come up in...
INFOGRAPHIC – Kenyan Training; A Weekly Summary of Kenyan Running in Iten
Wilson Kipsang Training & Personal Insight
An observational analysis of the training and preparation of Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson Kipsang Part 2 - Wilson Kipsang Thank you to those of you who took the time to read my previous entry on Kenenisa Bekele (with guest appearances from Jake and Zane Robertson)...
London Marathon 2017 Elite Men’s Preview
London Marathon Preview: Men's elite race It’s that time of year again when the running world turns it’s attentions to London for the greatest marathon on Earth (sorry New York, but we still think that’s true). At least it is true in the highlands of Kenya where many...
Photo Diary Week 2: Training in Iten Kenya
Our December 2016 camp has come to a close and we wish our fantastic team well as they head home to their respective corners of the world. We were fortunate to host runners from the USA, UK, Hungary, India, Germany, Costa Rica and France on this camp and we are...
Kenyan Running Analysis – Why it’s better to be good on the roads than great on the track
Being a good marathon runner is a better option than being a great track runner I’ve no doubt that a certain Mo Farah would strongly disagree with the above statement but this blog isn’t about well paid and well supported western runners its about (mainly) Kenyan...
Joyciline Jepkosgei’s half marathon world record: A discussion of the progress in female distance running
(Title Photo c/o IAAF Website) On Saturday 1st April 2017 reports emerged from Prague that a relatively unknown Kenyan runner had just become the first women to run a half marathon in under 65minutes. Not only that, but she had also broken the 10k, 15k and 20km...
Photo Diary – Week 1 Training in Iten Kenya
We were recently delighted to welcome Enock Kiprop as part of our team in Iten. Enock is a local young man who has just finished High School and will be applying to Universities for the September 2017 intake. We have known Enock for a long time as he has been...
Abel Kirui Training and Chicago Marathon Victory
Abel Kirui is back! The final stages of Chicago Marathon this weekend saw Kenya’s Abel Kirui surging away from defending champion Dickson Chumba. In doing so, Kirui wound back the clock and secured his first marathon victory since 2011. Back then, Kirui was enjoying a...