Tough race at Ezra final cross country
Feb 12, 2004
SEASONED athletics coach Johnson Kasajja says he has designed a route that will squeeze the best out of competitors in Saturday’s Ezra Cross-country Championship series final at Garuga.
By James Bakama
and Reuters
SEASONED athletics coach Johnson Kasajja says he has designed a route that will squeeze the best out of competitors in Saturday’s Ezra Cross-country Championship series final at Garuga.
“Talk of hills, slopes and obstacles. It’s all there,†promised Kasajja, a technical director of the competition’s organisers-the Ezra Track Team Board.
Kasajja should know it all, since he was the man behind Boniface Kiprop’s world cross-country silver success last year and Uganda’s two-team bronze in 2002 and 2003 in Dublin and Lausanne respectively.
The competition, that has sh15m in prizes, starts at 8am and will be graced by Lady Justice Julia Sebutinde.
The ETTB cross-country season that began in November marked the start of cash awards for Ugandan runners on the local scene. Races in Arua, Kabale and Kapchorwa had the winners walking away with sh0.3m, runners-up sh0.2m and third sh0.1m.
- Double world champion Eliud Kipchoge starts his campaign to wrest the 12 km world cross country title from Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele when he runs at Kenya’ national championships on Friday.
Kipchoge, who won the junior 8 km title at last year's world cross country championships and the 5,000 metres at the Paris world championships, will be challenged by former world champion Richard Limo, Hosea Kogo and silver medallist Patrick Ivuti.
“I think I am ready for the task ahead, knowing how tough Kenyan trials can be,†Kipchoge, 19, told Reuters.
Kenya will use the championships to select their squad to defend the overall team title at next month’s world cross country championships.
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and Reuters
SEASONED athletics coach Johnson Kasajja says he has designed a route that will squeeze the best out of competitors in Saturday’s Ezra Cross-country Championship series final at Garuga.
“Talk of hills, slopes and obstacles. It’s all there,†promised Kasajja, a technical director of the competition’s organisers-the Ezra Track Team Board.
Kasajja should know it all, since he was the man behind Boniface Kiprop’s world cross-country silver success last year and Uganda’s two-team bronze in 2002 and 2003 in Dublin and Lausanne respectively.
The competition, that has sh15m in prizes, starts at 8am and will be graced by Lady Justice Julia Sebutinde.
The ETTB cross-country season that began in November marked the start of cash awards for Ugandan runners on the local scene. Races in Arua, Kabale and Kapchorwa had the winners walking away with sh0.3m, runners-up sh0.2m and third sh0.1m.
- Double world champion Eliud Kipchoge starts his campaign to wrest the 12 km world cross country title from Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele when he runs at Kenya’ national championships on Friday.
Kipchoge, who won the junior 8 km title at last year's world cross country championships and the 5,000 metres at the Paris world championships, will be challenged by former world champion Richard Limo, Hosea Kogo and silver medallist Patrick Ivuti.
“I think I am ready for the task ahead, knowing how tough Kenyan trials can be,†Kipchoge, 19, told Reuters.
Kenya will use the championships to select their squad to defend the overall team title at next month’s world cross country championships.
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