Kipruto, Chepng'eno crowned 2025 Eldoret City Marathon champions

Fresh from finishing in position 9th at the Daegu marathon in January, Kipruto won the title after cutting the tape at 2:11:12 followed by Geoffrey Chirchir who clocked 2:11:56 while Timothy Kipchumba was third in 2:12:08.

“I had prepared well and my target was on the podium. I really wanted to run my best here because this race has good money and we are only competing at our home ground. Also looking at the start line up, I had strong and tough athletes but that did not stop me from running my race,” said Kipruto who trains in Kaptagat.

He said that after 15km, they had slow speed and that is how he managed to pull out to test his rivals.

“At 30km, we were only two of us and I had to run well especially 5km to the victory. I was so worried at 38km because it the toughest encounter,” he said.

Chepnegno, who has dominated in various road races including silver at the Tata Steel World 25km, won the women’s 42km race in 2:26:22 ahead of Sheila Chebichii (2:26:54) and Gladys Koech completing the podium at 2:29:55. 

The former Africa 10,000m champion said that, she was well prepared for victory.

“After 30km, I had to control my speed because it was too tough after looking at my competitor but I managed to maintain the pace to this title,” said Chepngeno.

The road running specialist said that having experience in road running was key to her success.

“I used the experience to carry this home. At the same time, I had a good pacemaker who pushed me to the height,” she said. 

Sheila Jebichii emerged second at 2:26:54 as Gladys Koech finished third crossing the line at 2:29:55

This year's marathon attracted over 1,500 participants.

Winners of both the men's and women's elite races will each receive KSh 3.5 million, with KSh 1.5 million and Kshs.1 million awarded to the second and third-place finishers, respectively.