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...
by maraadmin | Oct 26, 2014 | Ethiopia, Events, Featured, Frankfurt, Kenya, News
Mark Kiptoo and Aberu Kebede win Frankfurt Marathon, German Arne Gabius runs sensational sub 2:10 debut Kiptoo fights to win Frankfurt Marathon “This is Your Day”. That was the motto of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon. When Mark Kiptoo was twelve kilometres away from the...
by maraadmin | Oct 14, 2014 | Chicago, Featured, Kenya, News, WMM
CHICAGO – Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014 – The 2014 Bank of America Chicago Marathon saw a record 40,802 runners crossed the finish line in Grant Park under ideal weather conditions. The men’s race saw a Kenyan sweep with Eliud Kipchoge stealing the show in 2...
