Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, the sector file holder at 5000m and 10,000m, plans to make his marathon debut Dec. 3 in Valencia, Spain.
“I think it’s time to extend my horizon,” Cheptegei mentioned in a press unencumber, including that he plans to race at the monitor on the 2024 Paris Olympics. “I’ve been operating at the monitor for 10 years now. I at all times had complete focal point at the monitor distances, whilst I knew the marathon was once looking ahead to me.”
Cheptegei, 26, may be the Tokyo Olympic 5000m champion and 10,000m silver medalist. He gained the ten,000m on the closing two international championships in 2019 and 2022.
He’s accustomed to Valencia, having damaged the ten,000m international file there on Oct. 7, 2020.
The Valencia Marathon has emerged as arguably the sector’s very best outdoor of the six annual International Marathon Majors (Boston, Chicago, New York Town, Berlin, London, Tokyo).
Additionally it is a quick direction. 3 of the 9 males in historical past to run 2:03:00 or quicker did so at Valencia within the closing 3 years. Remaining December, an unparalleled 4 ladies broke 2:18 and an unparalleled seven broke 2:19 in the similar race.
