IN NEW YORK CITY
New York is very much the centre of Kenyan interest this week.
With Kenya Airways having launched non-stop flights from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the city’s John F. Kennedy Airport on Sunday, action now shifts from New York’s runways to roads for this Sunday’s TSC New York City Marathon.
There will be several interesting tales in the “Big Apple”, including that of decorated ageless Kenyan-American Bernard Lagat’s marathon debut.
The five-time Olympian will be up against several former countrymen, led by the race’s defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor, a multiple world half marathon and cross country champion and protégé of world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge.
Now 43, Lagat enjoys the enviable distinction of having featured at every Olympic Games since Sydney 2000, then running as a Kenyan before taking up the stars and stripes in 2004, having brought 1,500 metres silver and bronze medals to Nairobi from Sydney in 2000 and Athens four years later.