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Continue reading →: Hello Addis Ababa!! Inside my 10 Day, 3000km Round-Road trip from Kenya to Ethiopia part 2We had had the test of Ethiopia as at now. We had settled, knew how to communicate even with the language barrier. They spoke Amharic, we spoke English and Swahili. Their food and ours were worlds apart save for meat and maybe a few pastries. Their public transport system was…
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Continue reading →: TAKE me to CHURCH….. I’ll Worship like a ***… Journey to Point Lenana. 2nd Attempt.Truth be told, after the introduction to a running community and a realization that Mt. Kenya can be climbed in one day, I ate all the money I had been saving up for a four-day climb. And now, I have gone too far into this recreational running thing to restart…
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Continue reading →: NCM 2025, My Cross. Where my Mental Resilience took a Test of a Lifetime.When I thought of my 2025 running goals, I only had two things in mind. One, run an official full marathon and two, run 100 kilometers. Kili was too soon for me to do a full marathon (also, who accomplishes half of their resolutions in February? LOL) Stan-Chart on the…
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Continue reading →: ALL or NOTHING! – I Poured my Heart out and left my Soul in Kilimambogo.I have struggled to remember the exact moment I got fascinated by Ultra-running. The only memory I have is feeling so good after NCM 2024 half marathon, craving a more challenging fete but afraid AF to try a full marathon at StanChart 2024. At that moment I decided that a…
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Continue reading →: From Slow AF 5Ks to Slow AF 70Ks. Falling in Love with Ultra-Running 1 km at a Time.I did not start running because I love running. I did it because some guy knocked on my hostel door with a weighing machine, convinced me to check my weight, height and BMI. He then proceeded to tell me I am overweight and I should start exercising. Over the next…
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Continue reading →: Into the Badlands!!!! – Inside my 10 Day, 3000km Round-Road Trip from Nairobi (Kenya) to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)“Welcome to the world, it sucks, you are gonna love it!!” Friends, season 1, episode 1. When I came to the realization that life won’t follow my plans and rather does what it wants to do to me, I decided to let loose abit, enjoy Gods good earth, create my…
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Continue reading →: Ultra-Curious – How Runners High drove me into my first Ultra-MarathonTwo minutes after finishing my first Nairobi City (Half) Marathon in September 2024 and setting a PR of 2hr.35min, I felt the need to challenge myself more. It was such an incredible improvement from Kilimanjaro (Half) Marathon where I had set my PR at 2hr.58min. I had averaged a pace…
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Continue reading →: Run for the views, your pace (and everything else) will fix itself.When I joined a running club, I was kinda scared of associating with the new people. I knew nothing about running shenanigans. I didn’t know the different type of shoes, I had no idea what my pace is and what the hell PR was. I look back and thank my…
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Continue reading →: In the Name of Hoka, Strava and Garmin. How I Survived My First (Group) Run….29th October 2023 was my 2nd Stanchart Marathon. In compete honesty, I was in worse shape than I was in October 2022 during my first Stanchart Marathon. By this time, I had been running for almost 2.5 years, I had been on Strava for most of this time, I had…
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Continue reading →: For God So Loved the World… Journey to Point Lenana. (First Attempt).For God so loved the world that He created giant rock outcrops from earth’s surface, for whoever climbs them shall have everlasting bragging rights. Four weeks after my Aberdares fete, I dared touch the mountain. I was excited for this one, more excited than scared. I hydrated well as advised.…
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