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Wilson Kipsang Prepared for Encore at TCS NYC Marathon, by Chris Lotsbom, RRW, used with permission

Larry Ederby Larry Eder
October 29, 2015
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ciacca and kipsang.jpgPeter Ciaccia with Wilson Kipsang, photo by Chris Lotsbom for RRW, used with permission

Wilson Kipsang is one of the best marathon racers in the world. In 2014, when he won the London Marathon, I queried him when he knew he had won over Mo Farah. Kipsang looked me in the eye, and with out a moment’s hesitation, ” at the start when he had his own pacer.” Kipsang gets it. To win you have to play.

Kipsang had a rough one at Beijing. He shook himself off and prepared for the Big Apple, and he is here, and he wants to race, and churn up the roads in the Five Boroughs.

Here is a fine piece from our friend and colleague, Chris Lotsbom, who spends his time between Boston and New York, writing about the sport he loves. We use his piece with permission from Race Results Weekly.

WILSON KIPSANG PREPARED FOR ENCORE AT TCS NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
By Chris Lotsbom, @ChrisLotsbom
(c) 2015 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

NEW YORK (29-Oct) — With a sly grin and shift of his eyes, defending TCS New York City Marathon champion Wilson Kipsang sent a warning to his challengers: you better watch out. Speaking here steps from the race’s finish line, the 33-year-old Olympic bronze medalist assured members of the media he is more than ready for Sunday’s 42.195 km race through the city’s five boroughs.

“I think when I compare my condition from last year to this year, I think this year I am a bit [more] well prepared and I think I can run faster than last year,” said Kipsang, sporting a purple adidas track suit and bright yellow training shoes.

Twelve months ago Kipsang won what resembled more of a boxing match than footrace, exchanging scowls and surges with Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa through Central Park. After giving his foe one last chance, Kipsang sprinted away to victory in 2:10:59, securing the race win, Abbott World Marathon Majors crown, and its accompanying title of ‘Marathon King of the World.’ The Majors title was also worth $500,000 bonus.

His TCS New York City Marathon debut also served as a reconnaissance mission. While running conservatively through the race’s first half, Kipsang soaked up knowledge of the course, atmosphere, and undulating terrain. He knew he’d return in the near future.

“Last year was my first time so I don’t even know how the course would be,” he began. “But this year I know how the course was and I prepare very well training like the course, doing endurance and lots of speed.”

Training in Kenya, Kipsang said he’s primarily worked on up and downhill fartleks. A specialty workout of 10 x 1,000 meter repeats ranging between 2:48 and 2:45 was completed in his buildup, the final indication that he is ready to take the starting line on Sunday.

Kipsang seeks to join John Kagwe as the only Kenyan man to win in consecutive years; Kagwe took home titles in 1997 and 1998 (It should be noted that compatriot Geoffrey Mutai won twice in a row, though his victories were bookends to the race’s cancellation in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy).

When questioned about an apparent hiccup at this year’s IAAF World Championships Marathon in Beijing, Kipsang scoffed. His DNF was nothing to be concerned about, and was more of a tempo workout.

“It was like a normal long run in Kenya [with surges],” said Kipsang. “It was like I was training all through for this race.” Before, during, and after the World Championships, his eyes were on a return to New York.

Kipsang is an Olympic medalist, has won marathon titles at six cities around the globe (including New York, London, Berlin, and Frankfurt), and is a former world record holder. He’d like to add New York’s course record to his lengthy resume, eyeing Mutai’s 2:05:06 mark from 2011. Last year’s chilly temperatures and gusting winds dashed any hopes of a record run.

“It can depend on how the weather will be and how the guys will be ready to cooperate. Because, you know, a race like this with no pacemakers, if the other guys are ready to cooperate then we can run a good time,” he said. Kipsang did note that he will keep an eye on Geoffrey Kamworor, this year’s IAAF World Cross Country Champion and 10,000m silver medalist on the track. Kamworor’s has five marathons under his belt, though has not cracked 2:06:12. Kipsang, on the other hand, has six sub-2:05 clockings.

Kipsang isn’t worried, per se. He laughs and mingles with supporters, and even gives a big hug to legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, the Grand Marshal of Sunday’s race. (“They run mad fast,” Lee told Race Results Weekly. “I have mad respect for him.”)

In a way, Kipsang seems like a native New Yorker, embracing the city’s culture and electric atmosphere. Of his three career starts in New York, he’s won twice –last year’s Marathon and the 2013 United Airlines NYC Half– and placed fourth once (at this year’s UAE Healthy Kidney 10-K).

“What I learned mostly about last year’s race is that when I prepare fully for a race, I really have the potential to handle a very tactical race. Last year’s was very tactical, very windy. Everybody didn’t want to push,” he said. “I saw that I really prepared myself very well to handle a very fast pace at the end.”

In the year since, Kipsang’s confidence has blossomed. He’ll bring that to the line on Sunday, ready for an encore presentation.

“Everybody has his own strategy,” he said. “A lot of pressure, but I am in a position to handle the pressure.”

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  • Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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