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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>2018 Mataram Lombok Marathon champion Tecla Kirongo is targeting a podium finish on her debut at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on October 16.<\/p>\n

Kirongo said she will be hoping to improve on her personal best time of 2:28:22, clocked while finishing third at the BP Castellon Marathon in February.<\/p>\n

She also participated in the 2022 Run Rome The Marathon in March and placed sixth in 2:34:22.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to improve on my time and, hopefully, finish in the top three. After the race in March, I took a break and resumed training in May,\u201d she said, adding that her training has been extensive despite encountering some challenges.<\/p>\n

Kirongo hopes the weather on the race day will be favourable now that she is not familiar with the course in Cape Town.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never been to Cape Town. My hope is that the weather will be favourable, considering I have never run in rainy conditions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She will be in the company of 2019 Zagrebacki marathon champion Rebecca Korir, Marion Kibor, Judith Cherono, 2018 Ko\u0161ice Peace Marathon champion Raymond Choge, Brian Kipsang and Joshua Kogo.<\/p>\n

On Thursday morning, Sanlam Kenya Group CEO Patrick Tumbo promised to support the Kenyan contingent and expressed confidence that they will fly the country\u2019s flag high.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall cater for the athletes\u2019 return tickets, food and accommodation. Personally, I am optimistic that we shall dominate as we always do. We have also partnered with NOC-K and we shall be looking to support as many upcoming athletes as we can,\u201d Tumbo said.<\/p>\n

“We shall also look to nurture talent in other sports. We want to make sure all elite athletes in Africa will compete on home soil.”<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s marathon marks the ninth edition of the Sanlam Marathon and it is themed \u2018African Champions Unite\u2019. It is Africa\u2019s only Gold Label Status Marathon and Abbot World Marathon Major Candidate event.<\/p>\n

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