Weldon Kirui won the Skechers Performance LA Marathon in 2016. Last year, Weldon was fourth in the 2017 LA Marathon.
Weldon Kirui, 2016 winner, Skechers Performance LA Marathon, photo by PhotoRun.net
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With a personal best of 2:09:06 from Eindoven, Holland in 2009, Kirui is a Skechers Performance athlete and a great example of the fine Kenyan athletes that traverse the world, searching for their perfect race. A few wins on the marathon circuit and many Kenyan runners are set for life.
Weldon Kirui spoke to RunBlogRun on Friday, March 16 about his fitness, his desire to win in LA and his desire to run a fast time. Weldon told RunBlogrun that he is fit, and wants to win in LA once again. He also noted that the LA course can be challenging. Look for Weldon to be playing a role up to the very end, racing for the win down Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, California.
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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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