Geoffrey Kamworer is running royalty.
Consider his career, so far:
Three time World Half Marathon Champion, in #2014Copenhagen, #2016Cardiff and #2018Valencia! Geoffrey Kamworer also held the world record of 58:01 for the half marathon.
Geoffrey won the World cross country three times! The ‘world series of distance running’, the World Athletics Cross-Country Champinships, has wins in 2015 and 2017 at the senior level. In 2011, as a junior, took the World Athletics Cross-Country Championships gold as well. In 2023, Geoffrey Kamworer lead the Kenyan senior men’s team to gold.

Geoffrey Kamworer has wins at the New York City Marathon, at 2017 and 2019.
On the track, Geoffrey Kamworer earned the silver medal in the 10,000 meters, in a battle against Mo Farah in Beijing 2015.
But the biggest story for Geoffrey is his recover from a tibia fracture, a horrific injury in 2020. Geoffrey told RunBlogRun and Athletics Weekly, in this interview that he was full recovered and focused on his upcoming race at the 2026 London Marathon.
The interview on February 14, was on Geoffrey’s win, in 58:14 at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.
#inthemixedzone, Geoffrey Kamworer, who has now won the 2013 and 2026 Ras Al Khaimah Half marathon, twelve years apart. Geoffrey and his team rebuilt his body and mind after a horrific injury! Geoffrey focuses on the future, his eyes focused on the London marathon.
— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) February 19, 2026
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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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