/sports/athletics/-/1100/1100/-/m085qx/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Embu+dominate+races+in+Meru+/-/1100/1324958/-/12454kmz/-/index.html Peter Mwololo and Frisian Nyambura soared to the men’s and women’s senior titles, respectively, during the Athletics Kenya (AK) Eastern Branch Cross Country Championships 2012-02-11T17:03:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/NBKs+huge+cheque+for+Eastern+cross+country+meet/-/1100/1324190/-/97t4mlz/-/index.html The National Bank of Kenya has splashed out Sh1 million towards Saturday’s Eastern Provincial Cross Country Championships to be held at the Meru University College of Science and Technology. 2012-02-10T13:13:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/London+Games+will+be+good+for+Kenya+says+Coe+/-/1100/1322902/-/bd1nt1z/-/index.html Two weeks ago, Lord Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the London Olympic Games, proudly took David Rudisha around London’s Olympic Park that will be central to the July-August Games. 2012-02-08T15:39:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenya+s+Vivian+is+world+best+in+sports+/-/1100/1321786/-/i58y2sz/-/index.html Last November, Vivian Cheruiyot left the Salles de Etoiles concert hall at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club crestfallen. 2012-02-07T07:46:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ethiopians+steal+the+thunder+again++/-/1100/1320902/-/b26f2u/-/index.html Losing a marathon by one second last year taught Dejere Abera of Ethiopia a lesson that he put to good use on Sunday, when he won the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon – an IAAF Bronze Label event - by less than a second. 2012-02-05T17:04:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/I+will+fight+for++Olympic+ticket++vows+Ndereba+/-/1100/1320336/-/9g853jz/-/index.html Former World marathon champion and record holder Catherine Ndereba on Saturday turned Athletics Kenya’s Olympic selectors’ headache into a migrane by declaring interest in a ticket to the London Games. 2012-02-04T16:06:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Obiri+floors+Clitheroe+in+Glasgow+3km+/-/1100/1316312/-/pankdm/-/index.html Kenya’s Helen Obiri and Silas Kiplagat were the big winners indoors at the weekend, with Obiri defeating Great Britain’s Helen Clitheroe, who has been training in Iten, over 3,000 metres at the International Athletics Match at Kelvin Hall Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. 2012-01-29T17:18:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kipyego+slays+the+giants+in+half+marathon+/-/1100/1316310/-/lv3nke/-/index.html Little-known Edwin Kipyego beat a classy field to win Sunday’s 21st Nike International Discovery Kenya half marathon in Eldoret. 2012-01-29T17:17:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Impressive+debut+for+Kabuu+in+Dubai/-/1100/1315268/-/w1dcn9z/-/index.html Lucy Kabuu on Friday became the third fastest Kenyan woman marathon runner, but defending champion, Ethiopian Asefelech Mergia, denied her victory on her marathon debut at the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon. 2012-01-27T16:45:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Lel+Kabuu+and+Cheromei+raid+Dubai+/-/1100/1314568/-/2t13uj/-/index.html The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon, which celebrates its 13th edition today, has been a happy hunting ground for Ethiopian runners in the past 2012-01-26T16:55:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Olympic+champ+Jelimo+Musinde+return+to+action+/-/1100/1313888/-/pv56jc/-/index.html Pamela Jelimo and Thomas Musinde were the talk of town yesterday as Athletics Kenya hosted its first sprint, relay and field events. 2012-01-25T16:12:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/London+Wall+of+Fame+comes+up+/-/1100/1313244/-/qii6qr/-/index.html Kenyans have ruled the roost at the lucrative Virgin London Marathon. 2012-01-24T15:07:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ethiopia+makes+quick+U+turn+lifts+Bekele+ban+/-/1100/1313220/-/mxh719/-/index.html A ban barring 35 top Ethiopian athletes from competing internationally has been lifted, the national athletics federation said on Tuesday. 2012-01-24T15:02:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Race+to+London+hots+up+at+Nyayo+/-/1100/1312804/-/qnecxn/-/index.html The Athletics Kenya (AK) Sprints, Field and Medley Relays championships get under way Wednesday at Nyayo National Stadium. 2012-01-23T17:24:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Discovery+win+brings+back+Kiprop+/-/1100/1312252/-/jbs1wu/-/index.html Africa 10,000 metres champion Wilson Kiprop and Gothenburg Marathon winner Joyce Chepkurui won the senior races at Sunday’s 21st Nike International Discovery Kenya Cross Country meeting in Eldoret. 2012-01-22T17:58:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kiptoo+soldiers+on+to+victory+/-/1100/1311716/-/e0fffmz/-/index.html World Military Games 5,000 metres champion Mark Kiptoo braved strong winds and the scorching sun to win the 12km at the 32nd Kenya Defence Forces Cross Country Championships staged at 81 Tank Battalion in Lanet, Nakuru, on Saturday. 2012-01-21T17:55:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/London+Marathon+rewards+the+community+of+champions+in+Iten+/-/1100/1311704/-/gjc5jk/-/index.html Organisers of the Virgin London Marathon on Saturday celebrated the launch of two archs they constructed on either side of the entry in Iten town by organising two-kilometre, arch-to-arch children’s races in this athletics-mad town. 2012-01-21T17:34:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ethiopia+now+bans+Bekele++and+Dibaba+/-/1100/1311184/-/7sb5jqz/-/index.html Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba are among 35 athletes banned by Ethiopian Athletics Federation 2012-01-20T17:39:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/London+marathon+squad+unveiled+/-/1100/1311180/-/32errp/-/index.html Organisers of the Virgin London Marathon flew into Iten on Friday and unleashed the strongest ever line-up for a marathon race, which includes the men with the two fastest marathon times, 2012-01-20T17:38:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Jepleting+to+lead+stellar+line+up+/-/1100/1310452/-/9jd7nhz/-/index.html Action resumes in Eldoret on Sunday when the 21st Nike International Discovery Kenya Cross Country meeting gets under way at Eldoret Sports Club. 2012-01-19T16:20:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/IAAF+declares+Tuwei+Africa+junior+800m+champion+two+years+later/-/1100/1310450/-/10juma5z/-/index.html Kenya’s Dickson Tuwei has been declared the 2009 Africa Junior Athletics 800 metres 2012-01-19T16:19:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Die+is+cast+for+final+battle+of+Kenyas+finest+marathoners+/-/1100/1309218/-/b12vavz/-/index.html This year’s London Olympic Games could witness the big time return of Lydia Cheromei, described as “the mother of road races.” 2012-01-17T16:53:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Masai+turns+tables+on+Vivian/-/1100/1308598/-/dsq95i/-/index.html Linet Masai mastered her act well this time around to claim sweet revenge over reigning world 2012-01-16T20:14:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ex+Kenyan+fails+to+make+US+team/-/1100/1306156/-/p5ni79/-/index.html Since Janet Cherobon-Bawcom got her US citizenship on November 8, 2010, the Kenya-born runner has relied on Jack Daniels to get the best out of her distance running potential. 2012-01-15T16:08:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Trials+should+determine+Kenya+future+Olympic+squads+/-/1100/1305836/-/2gpsf/-/index.html With less than 200 days to go to the London Olympics, Athletics Kenya’s decision to name the provisional marathon team 2012-01-14T17:04:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Champions+given+Nationals+wildcards+/-/1100/1305808/-/gor8ai/-/index.html Kenya Police have included seven wild cards in their team 2012-01-14T16:32:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Mutai+Kabuu+top+in+Police+Cross+country++/-/1100/1305796/-/n4trjq/-/index.html The world’s fastest marathoner Geoffrey Mutai and Lucy Kabuu unleashed speed and power to beat their opponents 2012-01-14T16:25:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/No+Vivian+Linet+at+Police+Cross+/-/1100/1305320/-/j03k2gz/-/index.html Vivian Cheruiyot and Linet Masai will miss Saturday’s Kenya Police Cross Championship at Ngong Racecourse. 2012-01-13T17:02:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kabuu+to+make+marathon+debut+/-/1100/1304620/-/tn0wlwz/-/index.html When Lucy Kabuu hit the road on her return to competition last year after a two-year break, her coach, William Ng’ang’a, was quick to notice something unique in her running style. 2012-01-12T16:04:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Soi+to+take+his+cross+country+form+indoors+/-/1100/1304094/-/n17ihv/-/index.html Kenya’s top distance runner Edwin Soi, whose season has been off to a great start, is now switching from cross country running to indoors. 2012-01-11T19:26:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenyans+hit+the+ground+running+literally+in+2012/-/1100/1302602/-/pmfjmgz/-/index.html There were big wins at the weekend for Kenyan runners with former world cross country 2012-01-09T16:37:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kisii+crowns+jackpot+winners+/-/1100/1301730/-/1587ofpz/-/index.html Timothy Kiptoo, Phenencer Chemutai, Mercy Chebwogen and Justine Cheruiyot won the Athletics Kenya/Kenya Commercial Bank cross country series jackpot after Saturday’s final round at the Kisii Golf Club. 2012-01-07T18:49:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Asbel+floors+Bekele+in+Scotland+race+/-/1100/1301728/-/53havf/-/index.html Double Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele will probably have preferred to have stayed in Ethiopia where it was Christmas Day rather than suffer the ignominy of a shock defeat at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday.  2012-01-07T18:48:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Cross+country+series+ends+at+Kisii+Golf+Club/-/1100/1301264/-/nrrjr3z/-/index.html Thirty two runners will be in contention for the Athletics Kenya/Kenya Commercial Bank 2012-01-06T16:25:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Mutai+Kilel+for+Boston+title+defence/-/1100/1301260/-/lghw7rz/-/index.html Kenyan runners Geoffrey Mutai and Caroline Kilel will defend their 2011 Boston Marathon 2012-01-06T16:16:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Catch+me+if+you+can+Makau+tells+marathon+pursuers/-/1100/1301254/-/4s9gho/-/index.html Renato Canova is one of the world’s best marathon coaches. The Italian, who considers 2012-01-06T16:09:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Makau+world+record+might+fall+before+London+Canova+/-/1100/1300368/-/dbtuhhz/-/index.html Renato Canova, perhaps the world’s most highly regarded marathon coach, has predicted that Patrick Makau’s marathon world record would fall in the spring. 2012-01-04T19:15:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kipchoge+seeks+title+defence+in+Edinburgh+race+/-/1100/1299900/-/j58orq/-/index.html Olympic 5,000 metres silver medallist Eliud Kipchoge will defend his short course title at the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country where the opposition includes three outstanding distance running champions from the 2008 Beijing Games. 2012-01-03T20:15:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenyans+beware+Tirus+back+/-/1100/1299468/-/5bdxklz/-/index.html Double Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba returned to racing after a long lay-off with a victory over the weekend. 2012-01-02T20:06:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Tanuis+training+shifts+from+Japan+to+Kericho+home++/-/1100/1299466/-/xltgkiz/-/index.html After helping his employers Kyudenko Company to a fifth place finish in the New Year’s Day Ekiden (relay marathon), Kenya’s former national cross country champion, Paul Tanui, returns home this weekend to focus on his build-up to the London Olympics. 2012-01-02T20:03:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Jeptoo+sets+Sao+Silvestre+New+Years+Eve+race+record+/-/1100/1298848/-/13wwda1/-/index.html Kenya’s world championship marathon silver medallist Priscah Jeptoo won the women’s Sao Silvestre race here on Saturday in a record time of 48 minutes and 48 seconds. 2012-01-01T18:59:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Chepkirui+wins+Shoe4Africa+/-/1100/1295318/-/nkc9odz/-/index.html Joyce Chepkirui withstood the harsh morning weather to clinch the top position in record time 2011-12-24T15:59:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/All+set+for+Shoe4Africa+race+/-/1100/1294750/-/beiy7yz/-/index.html A school named in honour of former world 800 metres champion Janeth Jepkosgei was opened in Nandi County on Friday ahead of Saturday’s Shoe 4 Africa women’s road race in Iten. 2011-12-23T17:58:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Sh83000+on+offer+for+course+record+at+Shoe4Africa+5km+race+/-/1100/1294266/-/4emq6bz/-/index.html A bonus of $1,000 (Sh83,000) will be on offer for a course record at this year’s Shoe4Africa women’s five-kilometre road race that will be held in Iten on Saturday. 2011-12-22T18:08:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Former+Kenyan+strikes+gold+at+Arab+Games+/-/1100/1293776/-/14khft5/-/index.html Morocco won 11 gold, four silver and nine bronze medals to clinch the overall title at the Arab Games that ended on Tuesday in Doha, with Kenya’s presence also felt after Kapsabet-born Bahraini star Ali Hasan Mahboob struck gold in the 10,000 metres race. 2011-12-21T19:24:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenyans+hot+on+European+cross+circuit+/-/1100/1292386/-/vk2kaz/-/index.html The IAAF World Cross Country Championships will not be held next year, but that hasn’t deterred top Kenyan stars from grabbing titles across the European circuit. 2011-12-19T15:26:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Tanui+plays+record+117+holes+for+charity+/-/1100/1291742/-/u918ig/-/index.html Moses Tanui is a man of many firsts. 2011-12-18T17:03:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Marathon+cheats+arrested/-/1100/1291728/-/b5xgcw/-/index.html True to his word, defending Safaricom Kisumu Marathon champion Joseph Biwott on Sunday retained his title lakeside 2011-12-18T16:55:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/From+Mara+action+shifts+to+Kisumu+/-/1100/1291262/-/h5iqr6z/-/index.html After last month’s Kenya Airways Mara Half Marathon, distance running action shifts to Kisumu 2011-12-17T16:27:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1289926/-/cg17ap/-/index.html Just after earning Kenya’s top sports award on Wednesday night, “Pocket Rocket” 2011-12-15T15:14:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Wholl+outrun+athletics+at+awards+gala+/-/1100/1289098/-/sl38pl/-/index.html Following a spectacular performance this season, athletics is set to dominate Wednesday night’s Safaricom Kenya Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya) gala at Nairobi Arboretum grounds from 6pm. 2011-12-13T19:00:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ethiopian+star+Meselech+chief+guest+at+Soya+/-/1100/1288328/-/13b2d3a/-/index.html Meselech Melkamu, the second fastest woman in the 10,000 metres, arrives in Nairobi on Tuesday night 2011-12-12T15:59:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Gichuki+Watetu+flatten+the+hills+in+South+Imenti/-/1100/1287382/-/wirdyuz/-/index.html Simon Gichuki and Monica Watetu from Embu beat the intense heat 2011-12-10T18:23:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ministry+sees+Kenyan+athletes+as+tourism+ambassadors/-/1100/1286038/-/u31xn5/-/index.html The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is positioning Kenyan athletes as tourism ambassadors in appreciation of Kenya’s unmatched talent on the tracks. 2011-12-08T08:30:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Asbel+finally+gets+his+Beijing+gold+/-/1100/1285868/-/7c8j3n/-/index.html The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop now wants to win the title fair and square at the London Games next year. 2011-12-07T19:00:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Olympic+gold+for+Kenya+three+years+later+/-/1100/1285864/-/p7g3pu/-/index.html Bending forward to receive his belated 2008 Olympic Games 1,500 metres gold medal from Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino was a most significant moment for Asbel Kiprop. 2011-12-07T19:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ndambiri+leads+Kenyas++Fukuoka+1+2/-/1100/1284154/-/24eqi1z/-/index.html Josphat Ndambiri on Sunday led Kenya’s one-two finish in the Fukuoka men’s 2011-12-04T16:44:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/AK+fetes+the+nations+top+cream/-/1100/1283734/-/98xu3uz/-/index.html It was a unique and stellar gathering as the creme de la creme of Kenya’s 2011-12-03T17:35:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Ethiopian+legend+who+ran+his+way+to+fortune++/-/1100/1283372/-/ownevsz/-/index.html Four years ago, sitting with Haile Gebrselassie in his eighth floor office at Alem Building, we enjoyed an uninhibited view of Addis Ababa. 2011-12-02T19:00:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kirui+Kiplagat+for+Dutch+race/-/1100/1281604/-/12ub9ju/-/index.html Reigning World Marathon champions Abel Kirui and Edna Kiplagat will test 2011-11-29T16:31:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kiprop+Chebet+return+to+top+Wareng+pile/-/1100/1280448/-/en4uy3z/-/index.html World half marathon and Africa 10,000m champion Wilson Kiprop and former 2011-11-27T16:37:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Upstarts+upset+form+book+in+Mt+Elgon+leg/-/1100/1279958/-/xhj588z/-/index.html Upstarts Timothy Kiptoo and Phanancier Jemutai won the senior races in the 2011-11-26T17:23:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenya+win+Chiba+road+relay+race/-/1100/1278152/-/xgs8sy/-/index.html Kenya won the marathon-distance Chiba international mixed road-relay 2011-11-23T16:45:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1277696/-/cfd7kv/-/index.html This year’s safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (Soya) gala has been shifted from December 9 to 14. 2011-11-22T17:39:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenya+runner+Marko+Cheseto+has+feet+amputated+in+Alaska/-/1100/1277492/-/oottklz/-/index.html A Kenyan long-distance runner who spent more than two days lost in snow storms in the US state of Alaska has had his feet amputated just above the ankles. 2011-11-22T15:01:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/I+have+set+pace+for+youngsters+says+Kass+champ+Rita/-/1100/1276462/-/f3h8mk/-/index.html Kenyans are used to watching Rita Jeptoo Busienei chalk up victories 2011-11-20T17:07:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1273688/-/cfafad/-/index.html Athletics Kenya has questioned the process used to award Australian hurdler Sally Pearson the 2011 IAAF Female Athlete of the Year 2011-11-15T15:07:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Masai+destroys+field+as+IAAF+season+begins/-/1100/1273132/-/1u210g/-/index.html The IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2011/12 got under way on Sunday 2011-11-14T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Bolt+Pearson+cream+of+the+crop/-/1100/1272024/-/dhvao0z/-/index.html Just what would it take for Vivian Cheruiyot to be recognised as the finest 2011-11-12T17:04:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/London+to+host+2017+world+championships/-/1100/1271716/-/2ipxwmz/-/index.html London wins the bid to host the 2017 world athletics championships, IAAF announces 2011-11-11T16:59:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1271646/-/cf91jf/-/index.html Justice will be denied and seen to be denied if Kenya’s pint-sized running sensation Vivian Cheruiyot does not seize the giant title of 2011 World Athlete of the Year when the awards are dished out here on Saturday night. 2011-11-11T15:11:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Tegla+Loroupe+Peace+Run+on+in+Kapenguria++/-/1100/1270958/-/afpasmz/-/index.html The ninth edition of the Tegla Loroupe Peace Run gets underway in Kapenguria town on Saturday. 2011-11-10T15:43:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Second+AKKCB+Crosscountry+series+for+Eldoret+/-/1100/1270954/-/4wy1le/-/index.html More than 1,000 athletes will take to the course as the second Kenya Commercial Bank/Athletics Kenya Cross-country series moves 2011-11-10T15:40:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Kenyas+Geoffrey+Mutai+sets+NY+Marathon+record/-/1100/1268358/-/pckhfs/-/index.html Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai, the 2011 Boston Marathon winner, won the New York Marathon 2011-11-06T17:09:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Jepkurui+and+Kiptoo+beat+elite+field+in+Baringo+Half+Marathon/-/1100/1268348/-/9ccwdrz/-/index.html Joyce Jepkurui pulled a fast one on the elite runners to sneak away with 2011-11-06T16:44:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1268196/-/cer93g/-/index.html Kenya’s James Kipsang Kwambai wins the Seoul Marathon on Sunday in 2:08:50. 2011-11-06T13:00:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Cheruiyot+Rudisha+in+IAAF+list/-/1100/1267772/-/7nptmfz/-/index.html Double World Champion Vivian Cheruiyot and World 800m champion 2011-11-05T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/-/1100/1267766/-/ceqoed/-/index.html Boston Marathon winner Geoffrey Mutai and London Marathon winner Mary Keitany 2011-11-05T17:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Low+key+reception+for+Kipsang+/-/1100/1265674/-/il5kdoz/-/index.html Frankfurt Marathon stars returns to Eldoret town to a low-key reception 2011-11-01T16:10:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/sports/athletics/Pain+gives+way+to+gain+in+race+/-/1100/1264670/-/njpyvnz/-/index.html Ernest Kebenei braved a piercing groin pain with two kilometres remaining to claim his maiden marathon victory at the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon on Sunday. 2011-10-30T18:44:00Z