I don't claim to know much about the country called Kenya, I just know it is on the Dark Continent, Africa. Apparently there is no electricity there so they named it the Dark Continent.
They have no telephones or cars so everyone there runs to get around. They run so much that when they enter running events here they have an unfair advantage.
When I first heard about Kenyans winning track races I thought that will never be a problem in around Freehold. They will never find this area, I thought.
Was I ever wrong. Here they come, taking away all the prize money from white Christian people in Iowa. I'm going to call our Godly Senator Chuck Grassley and get this stopped.
Kenyans sweep half marathon titles at Hy-Vee Road Races
Lance Bergeson, bergeson@dmreg.com 4:34 p.m. CDT April 26, 2015

First place finisher Sammy Rotich, left, of West Des Moines, shook hands with Mathew Chesang, right, of Riley, Kansas, second place finisher, at the finish line at the Dam To Dam half marathon men's race in downtown Des Moines on Saturday morning May 31, 2014.(Photo: Bill Neibergall/The Register)
Kimutai Cheruiyot enjoyed the view inside Drake Stadium much more this time around.
The Kenyan had to watch as Ethiopia's Mosinet Geremew eased across the finish line last April just ahead of him. With it, Geremew claimed the Hy-Vee Road Races half marathon crown and the $12,000 top prize that goes with it. Cheruiyot was credited with a time 1 second behind Geremew's 1:03:34.
On Sunday, Cheruiyot flipped the script. The 29-year-old wearing bib No. 2 won the sprint over Ethiopia's Solomon Deksisa on the blue oval by 1 second to win in 1:04:29. His reward was a finish tape held by Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb.
"I'm proud of it," Cheruiyot said. "(The disappointment) made me come back and run this course."
A mass finish in the 13.1-mile men's race appeared in the cards for a third consecutive year. Deksisa and Cheruiyot had other plans, the two breaking away from the large pack on the lengthy and challenging Bulldog Hill near mile 12. They then raced side by side to the finish.
"I thought, 'I know I can stay strong," Cheruiyot said. "The conditions and climate are good."
They have no telephones or cars so everyone there runs to get around. They run so much that when they enter running events here they have an unfair advantage.
When I first heard about Kenyans winning track races I thought that will never be a problem in around Freehold. They will never find this area, I thought.
Was I ever wrong. Here they come, taking away all the prize money from white Christian people in Iowa. I'm going to call our Godly Senator Chuck Grassley and get this stopped.
Kenyans sweep half marathon titles at Hy-Vee Road Races
Lance Bergeson, bergeson@dmreg.com 4:34 p.m. CDT April 26, 2015
First place finisher Sammy Rotich, left, of West Des Moines, shook hands with Mathew Chesang, right, of Riley, Kansas, second place finisher, at the finish line at the Dam To Dam half marathon men's race in downtown Des Moines on Saturday morning May 31, 2014.(Photo: Bill Neibergall/The Register)
Kimutai Cheruiyot enjoyed the view inside Drake Stadium much more this time around.
The Kenyan had to watch as Ethiopia's Mosinet Geremew eased across the finish line last April just ahead of him. With it, Geremew claimed the Hy-Vee Road Races half marathon crown and the $12,000 top prize that goes with it. Cheruiyot was credited with a time 1 second behind Geremew's 1:03:34.
On Sunday, Cheruiyot flipped the script. The 29-year-old wearing bib No. 2 won the sprint over Ethiopia's Solomon Deksisa on the blue oval by 1 second to win in 1:04:29. His reward was a finish tape held by Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb.
"I'm proud of it," Cheruiyot said. "(The disappointment) made me come back and run this course."
A mass finish in the 13.1-mile men's race appeared in the cards for a third consecutive year. Deksisa and Cheruiyot had other plans, the two breaking away from the large pack on the lengthy and challenging Bulldog Hill near mile 12. They then raced side by side to the finish.
"I thought, 'I know I can stay strong," Cheruiyot said. "The conditions and climate are good."


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