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Joshua Cheptegei Is Pursuing Greatness

Article added August 25, 2020 Categories Featured News, Motivation, News

Written By: ANDREW DAWSON

Will We See the Newest World Record on Strava? A Q&A With Joshua Cheptegei We all saw Cheptegei stop his watch at the finish of his world-record 5,000 meters. Time to give him some kudos? Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei broke his fourth world record at the age of 23. In a year turned upside-down by the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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Joshua Cheptegei Breaks the 5,000-Meter World Record in Monaco

Article added August 17, 2020 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: TAYLOR DUTCH

The runner from Uganda took down a world record that stood for 16 (!) years. Amid the upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Joshua Cheptegei still managed to produce a bright spot when he broke the world record in the men’s 5,000 meters. At the Monaco Diamond League meet on August 14—the first completely in-person Diamond League event […]

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Joshua Cheptegei Shatters 5K World Record in Monaco

Article added February 17, 2020 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: TAYLOR DUTCH

The Ugandan runner broke the 13-minute barrier on the roads, averaging a blistering 2:34 per km pace. Ugandan runner Joshua Cheptegei smashed the 5K world record on Sunday at the Monaco Run 5K. His time of 12:51 bested the previous record by 27 seconds. Cheptegei set the (now broken) 10K world record in December and won […]

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Rhonex Kipruto breaks 10K world record

Article added January 14, 2020 Categories Featured News, Motivation, News

Written By: TAYLOR DUTCH

He took 14 seconds off the previous world best set just six weeks ago. Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto set a new 10K road world record on Sunday during a race in Valencia, Spain. His time of 26:24 was 14 seconds faster than the record set by Joshua Cheptegei just six weeks prior (also during a race in Valencia). […]

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Brigid Kosgei wins the Chicago marathon in world record time

Article added October 14, 2019 Categories Featured News, News

Written By: SARAH LORGE BUTLER

She goes under Paula Radcliffe’s 16-year-old mark. Brigid Kosgei of Kenya made history today at the Chicago Marathon, setting a world record of 2:14:04. She smashed Paula Radcliffe’s mark of 2:15:25 from the London Marathon in 2003. With two dedicated pacers ahead of her, Kosgei went out in a torrid first 5K of 15:28, which […]

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