Last weekend, world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge teamed up with other stable-mates, including world half marathon record holder Geoffrey Kamworor for a feel of the Lewa Safari Marathon route ahead of the June 27 virtual race prompted by the cancellation of the actual annual run. Meanwhile, Netherlands’ NN Running Team — featuring Kipchoge and Kamworor — also announced they are putting together a virtual competition next weekend. The NN Running Team, together with their principal partners NN Group and Maurten, Thursday unveiled the worldwide virtual team relay marathon to be run on June 6 and 7. TEAM OF FOUR“Participants can have the chance to run against, or even possibly with, NN Running Team superstars such as Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and Geoffrey Kamworor as a teammate to run a virtual relay marathon race,” a statement from the NN Running team announced on Thursday. Olof Sköld, CEO Maurten mentioned: “We think that a running world is a better world, so keep on running.

Source: Daily Nation May 28, 2020 17:15 UTC