RW website member Ashley Smith ran the Safaricom Marathon in Kenya on July 2, 2005. Here's his story.Last December my friend David – who lives in Kenya – asked me to come out and join him in running the Safaricom marathon, rated as one of the world
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in training and getting the miles in. I've been back in training a week and a half now.Q. Will you head out to train in Kenya soon?A. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I'll be making that decision. I'll spend four to five weeks there.Q. How has
.Rutto went into the event as the race favourite. That was based on winning Chicago in a world debut record of 2:05:50 despite rivals who included world champion Jaouad Gharib, the Olympic champion, Gezahegne Abera, and Kenya's Sammy Korir, who became
debut marathon in style just three seconds behind the leader. "I came here scared because I did not have a big result in Kenya [at the World Cross-Country Champs]. But after half way I knew I could just push the last kilometres. I only had about five
© Getty Images The two Olympic marathons held last August in Beijing were literally races for the ages. Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru, then 21, broke more than an Olympic record with his 2:06:32 win; he crushed long-held conventional
this first-hand on a 1998 trip to Kenya. One morning, I joined a handful of marathon runners who were being coached by Dr Gabriella Rosa as they tackled the infamous Fluorspar Hill that rises nearly 4000ft in 13 miles.I managed to hang on for only 10 minutes
of the Championships.America's Bernard Lagat added the 5000m crown to the 1500m gold he won earlier in the week, outpacing Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge with a powerful sprint finish. He is the first athlete to win the both titles in Championships history. Britain's Mo Farah
thats given me 30 years of satisfaction. Over the years Ive always found new challenges running across America, teaching in Kenya, writing books and one thing has always led to another. Writing books led to writing for RUNNERS WORLD, and teaching
