Pimeys Desk
The Pimeys Desk compiles results, records and recaps from official federation, organiser and timing sources. Every desk story is reviewed by the editor before publication and links to the sources it relies on.
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Chepkoech second as the Lille Marathon returns, Ndikumana wins
Faith Chepkoech was runner-up in the women's race, and Edwin Kiptoo and Lameck Yoo finished fifth and seventh behind Burundi's Célestin Ndikumana.
Results recapKwemoi Ndorobo breaks the Venice Marathon record as Jerono wins
Peter Kwemoi Ndorobo ran 2:07:31 as Kenyans took six of the men's top eight places, and Jackline Jerono won the women's race in 2:26:16.
Results recapKiptum and Kandie win the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon by two seconds each
Abraham Kiptum held off Amos Cheruiyot in 2:10:35, and Mercy Kandie Rotich won on her marathon debut in 2:31:25.
Results recapChepkirui edges Wanza by one second as Kenyans sweep the Valencia Half women's podium
Sheila Chepkirui ran a world-leading 1:03:51, Diana Wanza took more than three minutes off her best, and Kenyans filled seven of the women's top ten.
Results recapBiwott third in Frankfurt as Dinki and Yimer win
Benard Kipkurui Biwott ran 2:06:23 for the men's podium, and Marion Jepkonga Kibor and Janet Ruguru Gichumbi were seventh and eighth in the women's race.
PreviewStandard Chartered Nairobi Marathon race week: where to collect your kit, park and leave your bag
Kits are at Uhuru Gardens until Saturday, and the Southern Bypass closes from midnight on Saturday until 2pm on race day.
NewsBarnaba Korir and Paul Kipsiele Koech honoured as national heroes at Mashujaa Day
The NOC-K first vice president -Barnaba Korir and the 2004 Olympic steeplechase medallist - Paul Kipsiele were recognised under the sports category at the national celebration in Eldoret.
Results recapLangat and Jeruto give Kenya a double at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Leonard Langat defended his title in 2:06:51 at the head of a Kenyan top three, and Leah Jeruto won her first marathon in 2:21:19.
Results recapKibet breaks the Rome Half Marathon course record in 59:22
Kenyans took six of the top nine places in the men's race, and Regina Wambui Ndungu was second in the women's race.
Results recapJantjies wins the first Nelson Mandela Marathon in Cape Town
The top three men finished within 20 seconds, and Ethiopia's Bize Beyira Negasa won the women's race by seven minutes.
Results recapNgetich and Mutiso win the Tokyo Legacy Half in course records
Agnes Ngetich won by more than four minutes in 1:04:23, and Alexander Mutiso led a Kenyan sweep of the men's podium in 59:51.
Results recapKipkorir leads seven Kenyans into the Amsterdam top eight as Berhanu wins
Ethiopia's Lemi Berhanu won in 2:03:33, three seconds outside Geofry Kipchumba's course record, and Buze Diriba broke the women's course record.
Results recapMatata breaks the Delhi Half Marathon course record as Kenyans sweep the men's podium
Charles Matata won in 58:52, one second inside the 2020 record, and Kenyan women were second and third behind Ethiopia's Wudinesh Alemu.
Results recapKiptanui leads a Kenyan one-two-three at NCAA Pre-Nationals
Tulane's Silas Kiptanui won the men's 8km in Terre Haute, and four Kenyans finished second to fifth behind Hannah Gapes's course record in the women's race.
Results recapKenyans fill every Sofia Marathon podium place as Jebet sets course record
Kennedy Kipkemoi Rono and Winnie Jebet won the 43rd Sofia Marathon on 11 October, and Kenyans took all six marathon podium places.
PreviewEbenyo turns from Chicago pacemaker to Valencia contender
The World Cross bronze medallist paced the Chicago Marathon to 30km and now races the Valencia Half Marathon on 25 October.
PreviewBiwott returns to Frankfurt, where he won on his marathon debut
The 2024 winner faces Germany's three fastest marathoners on 25 October, and Marion Kibor runs the women's race.
NewsDiamond League 2027: Doha opens on 7 May, Zurich hosts the final
Fourteen meetings and a two-day final make up the 2027 season, which ends just over two weeks before the World Championships in Beijing.
PreviewTeam Kenya's 15 runners start the Backyard Ultra World Team Championship at Tatu City
Runners must finish a 6.706km loop every hour for as long as they can last, and every lap counts towards Kenya's total.
PreviewKipchumba defends his Amsterdam title on Sunday
Last year's course-record holder leads 13 Kenyan men on the elite list for Sunday 18 October.
NewsNOC-K's Barnaba Korir: "Delivery will be our defining achievement"
After Sebastian Coe's visit, the NOC-K first vice president says winning the 2029 bid was only the start.
NewsRuto to Coe in Eldoret: "All of the required obligations will be met"
The President promised more work on Kasarani after its AFCON 2027 upgrade, as Coe asked for a full stadium every night of the 2029 World Championships.
PreviewWanza targets a half marathon PB in Valencia on 25 October
The African 10,000m champion runs only her second half marathon, in a field led by Ethiopia's Yalemzerf Yehualaw.
NewsSeb Coe in Nairobi to check on 2029 World Championships preparations
The World Athletics president's first visit since Nairobi won the hosting rights includes a stop at Kasarani.
NewsAIU provisionally suspends Kenyan marathoner Ronald Korir
The Athletics Integrity Unit cites an Athlete Biological Passport case; no final decision has been made.
NewsCoe: Nairobi 2029 will "lend more focus" to Kenya's anti-doping work
On his first visit since Nairobi won the hosting rights, the World Athletics president said progress has been made but the work is not finished.
NewsLokedi wants more after her 2:14:07 in Chicago
The 2025 Boston champion took more than three minutes off her best on her Chicago debut and says she is still learning.
Results recapNahashon Gathingi wins the Zagreb Marathon in what HRT says was his debut
The Kenyan won by almost four minutes in the Croatian capital, and Loise Wambui Kiarije was the fastest woman in the half marathon.
NewsKipchoge after Melbourne: "I am happy to run with the Gen Zs"
The 41-year-old says he can still compete with the next generation, three races into his plan to run a marathon on every continent.
NewsWhy Beijing 2027 matters for Nairobi 2029
Kenyan coaches and officials want the next World Championships used as a rehearsal for the first edition on African soil.
PreviewLangat, Cheboi and Kiprotich lead the Kenyan challenge in Toronto
The defending champion, the 2023 winner and the Vienna champion all race the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Sunday 18 October.
Results recapDominic Ng'eno wins the Perth Marathon into a headwind
The 2024 Los Angeles Marathon champion won by 53 seconds in Western Australia.
Results recapDolphine Omare leads a Kenyan one-two at the Lisbon Half Marathon
Omare won by 49 seconds on her European debut, and Brian Kibet Kogo was third in a close men's race won by Ethiopia's Zerihun Adugna Abdeta.
Results recapDaniel Kosen wins the 20km de Paris
The Kenyan won by 34 seconds, and France's Mekdes Woldu led an all-French women's podium with a big personal best.
Results recapKiriago and Gitonga win the Mountain Running World Cup as Kenya sweep the men's overall podium
Kiriago won the final race in Quebec to keep his title, and Gitonga took the women's crown on countback from Joyce Muthoni Njeru.
Results recapHosea Tuwei second at the Munich Marathon as Terefa wins
Alazar Terefa ran a personal best of 2:10:51, and Germany's Nina Reuter kept her women's title in a record weekend for the race.
Results recapDavis Kiplangat and Lidya Cheruto win the Eindhoven Marathon
Kiplangat ran a big personal best of 2:07:43 after leading alone from early in the race.
Results recapKurgat and Jemeli win the 21km as a record 1,000 run the Mombasa Satellite Run
The warm-up for the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon drew 25% more runners than last year to Mama Ngina Waterfront.
NewsAmos Kipruto on his Chicago win: "It was either win or die for me"
After third and second places in the previous two years, the Kenyan says he came to Chicago only to win.
Results recapAmos Kipruto wins the Chicago Marathon in 2:01:09 as Lokedi and Kosgei make the women's podium
Third in 2024 and second in 2025, Kipruto finally won Chicago with a personal best. Ethiopia's Hawi Feysa retained the women's title in the first marathon with three women under 2:15.
Results recapEdwin Bett and Cynthia Chepkurui win the Betika Cross Country in Kericho
Bett won the men's race by one second and Chepkurui the women's by four as more than 1,000 athletes ran the fifth edition.
Results recapEliud Kipchoge wins the Melbourne Marathon in a course record 2:09:10
The 41-year-old won on his Melbourne debut, two seconds inside the old record, finishing inside the MCG.
NewsMark Kosgei Kiptoo, 50, wins San Sebastián half marathon in an over-50 best of 1:03:57
The Kenyan veteran won the race outright and took more than two minutes off the best mark for men aged 50 and over.
PreviewLoice Chemnung chases her first marathon win in Chicago
Fourth in Chicago last year and second in Boston in April, Kenya's national 10,000m champion is back on the Chicago start line today.
Results recapKenya's Korir and Kipkech on the podium as Musau wins the Lisbon Marathon
Uganda's Martin Naibei Musau ran a personal best of 2:08:07, and Ethiopia's Meskerem Mamo Hayile won the women's race.
Results recapJudy Chepkoech wins at Nuttycombe as Kitonga misses the men's title by 0.7 seconds
Florida's Chepkoech won the women's 6 km in Madison, while Colorado's Meshack Kipruto set a course record in the men's 8 km.
PreviewKenya's cross country season starts in Machakos on Saturday 24 October
Athletics Kenya opens its 2026/27 season with the first Cross Country Weekend Meeting at Machakos Teachers Training College. Here are the races, how to register and when to collect bibs.
Results recapKenyan-born Winfred Yavi makes Asian Games history with a 10,000m, steeplechase and 5000m treble
The Bahrain runner, born in Nairobi, became the first athlete to win all three distance titles at one Asian Games, in Nagoya.
PreviewBetika Kericho Cross Country: Chebor leads a 900-strong field on Saturday 10 October
More than 900 runners and over KSh1.1 million in prize money at Kericho Teachers Training College. Here are the races, the prizes and the names to watch.
NewsWADA in Nairobi: Bańka and Younger tell Kenya to stay clean ahead of the 2029 World Championships
WADA's president met President Ruto and anti-doping officials during a three-day visit, while its chief investigator set out a plan to go after the networks that supply drugs to athletes.
PreviewChicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto, Kosgei and Lokedi lead Kenya's challenge on Sunday
Amos Kipruto wants to go one better than last year's second place, and Brigid Kosgei and Sharon Lokedi head a deep Kenyan women's field. Here are the Kenyans to watch and the rivals in their way.
Results recapBerlin Marathon 2026: Ethiopia wins both races as Kenya misses the podium
Guye Adola won the men's race and Tigst Assefa broke her own course record. Ethiopians filled the top five women's places, and no Kenyan made the top three in either race.
Results recapAgnes Ngetich breaks the women-only half marathon world record to win world gold in Copenhagen
Ngetich ran 1:05:15 at the World Road Running Championships, one second inside Peres Jepchirchir's 2020 mark, and led Kenya to team gold.
NewsNairobi 2029: Kenya will host the first World Athletics Championships in Africa
World Athletics chose Nairobi for 2029 ahead of three European bids. Here is what was decided, why Nairobi won, and what happens next.
NewsStandard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2026: more than 30,000 runners expected on Sunday 25 October
The 23rd Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon is on Sunday 25 October. What we know about the field, the races and last year's champions.
NewsSawe and Ngetich are Kenya's two nominees for World Athlete of the Year 2026
Kenya has one man and one woman among the 20 nominees. Public voting closes on 17 October.
Results recapKöln sweep and a Twin Cities debut win: Kenyan-born winners on 4 October
Bernard Kiprop Koech and Jackline Chepngeno swept the Köln Marathon, and Victor Shitsama won in Minnesota on his marathon debut.
Results recapLondon Marathon 2026: Sawe's 1:59:30 and how Kenya's runners finished
Sabastian Sawe won the men's race in a time reported as a world record. Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei completed the women's podium.
Evergreen guideKenya at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships: all 11 medals
Seven gold, two silver and two bronze. Every Kenyan podium in Tokyo, with the winning mark and the official report behind it.