The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced a new rule for marathon races starting from 2023: medals will be awarded to the best non-East African runners in addition to the overall winners. The decision was made after years of complaints from runners from other regions who felt they had no chance of competing […]
Kenyan marathoner Eliud Kipchoge was overcome with humility and had to drop out of the winning pack to let other people taste the feeling of winning marathons. In the greatest show of humility by the first man to run a marathon under 2 hours in the world, Eliud Kipchoge intentionally slowed down to let the […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta made his maiden appearance in athletics when he participated in a 2.6 km race during the Beyond Zero marathon. Clad in jeans and running slightly slower than a crawling toddler, Uhuru Kenyatta managed to hit the finish line with a personal best time of 30 minutes and 50.1 seconds. So slow was […]
