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 | 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 | Apr 24, 2014 | Africa, Events, Featured, News, Prague, Pre event
The defending champion and race record holder are among a contingent of strong rivals for Moses Mosop when he runs the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on May 11. While the participation of this outstanding talent from Kenya has long been announced, the line-up of his...
by maraadmin | Oct 14, 2013 | Africa, Eindhoven, Featured, News
Ethiopia’s Tsegay Adhane ends Kenya’s 14-year winning streak at the Marathon Eindhoven Ethiopian favourite Yemane Tsegay Adhane won a thrilling battle at the conclusion of the 2013 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven, crossing the line in 2:09:11 and ending...
by maraadmin | Aug 17, 2013 | Africa, Featured, Kenya, News
On the opening day of the IAAF World Championships on 10 August, Edna Kiplagat of Kenya successfully defended her marathon World Championship title in 2:25:44, making history as the first female marathon runner to retain back-to-back world titles. Valeria Straneo of...
by maraadmin | Apr 8, 2013 | Africa, Europe, Featured, News, Zurich
At the 11th edition of the Zurich Marathon, the course records were broken despite low temperatures and grey skies: Tadesse Abraham (Eritrea) set a time of 2:07.44 hours and Croatian Lisa Stublic destroyed the old course record with a time of 2:25.44. With 7802...