At 25km into the 2022 ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon, Kenya’s Timothy Ronoh put the pacing cash safely in his pocket after which went after the open prize cash. At 30km, there was nobody in sight behind him as he went forward to increase the lead earlier than successful the race in 2:05:20, 4 minutes forward of his subsequent competitor.
Eunice Chumba received the ladies’s race in a distinct model. She stayed affected person behind two male pacesetters all through the race as the remainder of the ladies saved dropping again and fading away. The 2019 World Navy Sport’s champion would lower the tape in a brand new course file of two:20:41 forward of Angela Tanui (2:21:12) and Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba (2:21:25).
It’s fascinating to notice that the 2 totally different working types executed by the 2 winners got here from runners who practice in the identical coaching camp beneath the identical coach!
The 2 runners practice on the identical terrains with Eliud Kipchoge, who received the Tokyo and broke the world file on the Berlin Marathons this yr, Kelvin Kiptum, who simply ran 2:01:52 in Valencia, and likewise with Sharon Lokedi, who received the New York Metropolis Marathon not too long ago. With these feats, Kaptagat is slowly getting some consideration as one among Kenya’s finest locations to coach.
Simply after the race, RunBlogRun made a name to the coach of the newly topped champions. Nicholas Koech, who now coaches runners on the comparatively new Dr. Rosa’s Nike Camp in Kaptagat, was so glad concerning the achievement of his runners in Abu Dhabi however handed the credit score to his mentor coach.
“I credit score Erik Kimaiyo (coach to Brigid Kosgei, the world file holder) for this as a result of I’m utilizing the identical coaching philosophy I realized from him whereas I used to be a runner at his camp in Kapsait,” mentioned Koech.
In the course of the males’s race, Ronoh had been urging the elite males to maintain up with him to stick with the course file tempo, but it surely gave the impression to be a difficult tempo to maintain as eight males adopted him in a single file as they approached the midway level.
The midway level was crossed in 1:02:48 with 5 males remaining within the main pack. Ronoh accomplished his pacing duties and broke away after 25km.
A gaggle of 4 remained in a chasing pack earlier than Felix Kimutai realized it was time to shift the main focus from his fellow chasers to closing the run-away pacer at round 29km. Ethiopia’s Mamo Gebreyohannes went with him for some time earlier than the 2 separated.
Kimutai would end second in 2:09:32 forward of Gebreyohannes in 2:09:42.
