It was sponsored by Safaricom, the major mobile provider, and it was looked at as a tune-up race for those preparing for the upcoming Nairobi Marathon.
That it may have been for several runners, but the winner, Matthew Koech, was using it to improve his speed for the upcoming New Delhi Half Marathon next month.
Koech won in 29:10 with Francis Kosgei following in 29:18 and Nixon Kiprono third in 29:22.
Koech has a 3rd place finish at the France Half Marathon and a 4th in the Luxembourg half.
These local races are usually highly competitive and great places to spot upcoming talent. Plus the winner's of this race wonUS$ 300 and a cow!
World Half Marathon Championships Coming Up
Patrick Musyoki is heading the Kenyan team and is pegged as having a good chance at defeating Zerseney Tadese, last year’s winner.
Musyoki came in second last year in a time of 59:02 although Kenya took the overall team title. He’s been running some impressive road races this season so we await to see how he performs in Rio.
Well I better go so that I catch the Kenya-Guinea soccer match in a few minutes!
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