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Five observations from inside the training camp of marathon king Eliud Kipchoge

“When you ask me to describe Patrick Sang, then I think I will have to enrol for English classes in a university to get a word to best describe him

And yet, these Olympics delivered as the athletes produced great performances again and again.

There is no Ugandan who has won medals at all major championships like Cheptegei

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge breaks 2-hour marathon mark Lifestyle - The Maravi Post

Can Eliud Kipchoge Get Back to His Winning Ways on Sunday? Could He Be Left Off the Olympic Marathon Team? Eliud Kipchoge is a man of routine. He has worked with the same coach,  Patrick Sang, since he was a 17-year-old in 2002. Over the ensuing 19 years, whenever he is training — which is most of the year — he has spent six days a week, Monday evening to Saturday morning, in the pared-down training camp run by his agency, Global Sports Communication, in Kaptagat, Kenya. Days in the camp t...

Last updated 2 months ago | By Standard Sports CS Sport Amina Mohamed, Sports Consultant Idy Uyoe and Francis Mutuku acting secretary NOC-K during a three days Sports Marketing workshop for Olympic Sports Organization and the National Olympic committee in Nairobi on Tuesday, Jan 28, 2020. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] A delegation from the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and Athletics Kenya (A.K) have today visited Global Sports Communication camp in Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu County where s...

“Out of Thin Air” Book Review: A Deep Look Into Ethiopian Running Culture January 12, 2021 Modern distance running has two superpowers. Nowhere is that more apparent than the marathon, where 89 of the 100 fastest men in history hail from either Ethiopia (42) or Kenya (47). Part of our job, as chroniclers of the sport, is to share these athletes’ stories; it is a disservice to simply refer to them as “the Africans.” And over the last decade, that task has become easier. Everyone from t...