“Training for such a marathon is not easy. As much as I want to win the race, it will be one of the most competitive ones now that many athletes have been out of competition for a long time,” said Korir back in his home village.Īs the journey to the marathon kicked off at Kass, he went ahead to finish second at the 2015 Barcelona marathon and finished third at the Toronto marathon the same year.Įnjoying his 2:08.06 as personal best following his victory at the Ottawa marathon in 2019, Korir said that he has been training about 180km a week so that he can gain much endurance while competing at the one of the World marathon majors. “I have been out of competition for a long time and heading to New York City, I need to be on the podium. Korir, who finished second at the 2019 New York City marathon behind champion Geoffrey Kamworor will be returning to the course as his first outing since 2019 with the world being under the control of coronavirus.įollowing his training program in his Kapkitony village in Elgeyo Marakwet County, the 2014 Kass marathon champion was optimistic that he will be hitting the podium as his target. Albert Korir will be returning to the New York City Marathon with an aim of finishing on the podium despite the heavy line-up on November 7 th in the USA.
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