Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui (born 23 February 1988 in Bomet) is a Kenyan long distance runner.
At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition. She won her third consecutive Lilac Bloomsday Run in 2010, running a world's best time over 12 km with her course record run of 38:10.[1][nb 1]
Chepkurui is a two-time champion of the Bay to Breakers. In 2010, her time of 38:07 was a women's course record.[5] She also set a course record at the Beach to Beacon 10K, knocking 26 seconds off the former record to win with a time of 31:00 minutes.[6] She ran at the Falmouth Road Race two weeks later, but was beaten into second place by Wude Ayalew.[7] She entered the Rock 'n' Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon in September and finished as runner-up with a personal best of 1:07:46, two seconds behind Meseret Defar.[8]
She trains with Kimbia Athletics and is coached by Dieter Hogen.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | World Cross Country Championships | Edinburgh, Scotland | 12th | Long race |
2009 | World Cross Country Championships | Amman, Jordan | 4th | Long race |
1st | Team | |||
2010 | World Cross Country Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | Long race |
1st | Team |
Road running performances
- 2006 Philadelphia Half Marathon - 1st
- Lilac Bloomsday Run - 1st (2008–2010)
- 2008 Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run - 1st
- 2010 Philadelphia Half Marathon - 2nd
Personal bests
- 10 Kilometres - 30:51 minutes[9]
- Half marathon - 1:07:46 hrs (2010)[10]
Notes
- ^ The International Association of Athletics Federations, the international governing body for the sport of athletics/track and field, does not recognize world records or world bests in either an indoor or outdoor 12 km.[2] The Association of Road Racing Statisticians does recognize a world record in the outdoor 12 km, however, their record keeping rules state: "A record quality course is defined as having not more than 1 m/km net drop between the start and finish and not more than 30% of the race distance separation between that start and finish, e.g. not more than a 3 km separation for a 10 km race [or 3.6 km for a 12 km race]. Records will only be accepted for record quality courses."[3][4] Per ARRS standards, the course for the Lilac Bloomsday Run fulfills these conditions. Although Chepkurui ran a 38:07 two weeks later on May 16, 2010 at the Bay to Breakers (presumably the fastest 12 km ever for a woman), the course is not considered a "record quality course" in that the start and finish are separated by approximately 10.5 linear kilometers.
References
- ^ Richardson, Jared (2010-05-02). Chepkurui sets world record on Bloomsday course. KXLY. Retrieved on 2010-05-03.
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/inout=O/index.html
- ^ http://www.arrs.net/WG_Rec_ENG.htm
- ^ http://www.arrs.net/rules.php
- ^ http://cbs5.com/local/runners.Bay.to.2.1696973.html
- ^ Course record for Chepkurui in Cape Elizabeth 10K. IAAF (2010-08-08). Retrieved on 2010-08-08.
- ^ Gebremariam and Yimer the winners in Falmouth. IAAF (2010-08-16). Retrieved on 2010-08-16.
- ^ Larkin, Duncan (2010-09-20). Defar clocks 1:07:44 in Half Marathon debut in Philadelphia. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-20.
- ^ http://projects.ajc.com/running/peachtree/2010/runner/70905/
- ^ http://running.competitor.com/cgiresults_list?eId=4&eiId=4&seId=24&page=1&rowCount=25&firstname=&lastname=&bib=&gender=F&division=&submit=Search
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