October 18th, Amsterdam

source: www.losseveter.nl

september 20th, Zaandam (the netherlands)

source: www.losseveter.nl

august 22nd, Iten Kenya

Welcome to my website! Here I will update you about my training, my plans and my races.

I decided to do this in English, though some people would probably prefer me to write in Kalenjin (my mothertongue), Swahili (the official language in Kenya) or Dutch (the official languague in the Netherlands). However, though my English is not perfect, it's understandable for most of the people who know and follow me. In some cases, when I copy an interview that appeared in a magazine or newspaper, this will be in Dutch – I'm sorry for those who are not Dutch.

At the moment I am back in Kenya, after staying in The Netherlands for four weeks. The last two races have been good for me. On the 14th of June I broke my personal best on the 10.000m during a trackmeeting in Utrecht (from 30.58 to 30.51). Though it was a bit painfull for me that my little sister Sylvia beated me in the last lap ;) I was happy with this result. Two weeks later I won a 10k roadrace in Appingedam. My time of 31.55 in warm and windy conditions was satisfying.

Back in Kenya now, where I train most of the time, I started my preparation for the marathon. On October 18 I will run Amsterdam marathon, and my goal is to do it much better than last time, when I ran 2.32 in my debut.