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Road Race Action Shifts to Gucha And Kapsabet

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Published on Monday, 16 July 2007 22:01
Two members of Athletics Kenya's newly-picked team for the Standard Chartered Greatest Race on Earth marathon series will be star attractions at today's Sambaza Gucha 10km road race in Ogembo town.

John Mutai and Edward Muge, both from the Kiptenden Athletics Club of Kericho District, will lead a star-studded team from the club at today's race.

The women's race has also attracted Melbourne Commonwealth Games silver medallist Hellen Cherono, also from Kiptenden Athletics Club in Kericho. Tomorrow, Kapsabet will hold the inaugural Safaricom Rediscover Nandi Road Race.

Race director Fred Kiptanui yesterday said over 1,000 athletes are expected in the race being run at the "granary" of Kenya's distance running. Kenya Seed Company and the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) yesterday came on board as one of the sponsors of the Kapsabet race. "We expect to see the participation of elite athletes drawn from the two districts of Nandi North and South," Kiptanui said. Elite athletes Robert Cheruiyot and Augustine Choge are expected at the race meeting.

Meanwhile, Kiptenden coach David Kosgey said he will send a team of 10 runners to the Gucha race which is part of the Safaricom Gusii Golden Series.

Athletes from Kiptenden dominated the first race of the 10km series - the Bamba Kisii 10km race - in Kisii town on August 18. The final race in the series is the Kebirigo Road Race on October 6.


More than 300 runners are expected for today's race which will start at Getumo, along the Kilgoris-Kisii road, and not Etono as earlier announced, Athletics Kenya's Nyanza South branch chairman, Peter Angwenyi, said on Wednesday.

Announcing the changes, Angwenyi said that the race will end at the Tendere Secondary School playground in Ogembo. Angwenyi said runners from South and North Rift, Nairobi, Nyamira, Kisii and Gucha will be on parade today, with Kiptenden likely to sweep the awards once again.

"I will send a depleted side because most of my runners have travelled abroad for various road races," Kosgey said in Kericho