This archive report was first published on 1 November 2019.
Published on November 1, 2019, Joyciline Jepkosgei, the world half marathon record holder, will make her full distance debut in the New York Marathon on Sunday.
Having clocked the fastest time in half marathon for women in October 2017 at the Valencia Half Marathon, Jepkosgei is now ready to take on the full distance.
"It's my first marathon race and I believe I have done good training for the last four months. I will be running my race and I don't want to promise anything for now but a good race," said Jepkosgei.
She has been training in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County and Ngong, Kajiado County to familiarise herself with the chilly conditions anticipated in New York.
Although she was scheduled to run her first 42km race in the Hamburg Marathon in April but withdrew at the last minute citing injury, Jepkosgei is now confident in her preparations.
"My training was good and I had to train in Iten and sometimes I would join my training mate from KDF in Ngong. It was a good preparation and what remains is to implement what I have trained for in New York," said Jepkosgei.
