Chepngetich Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/chepngetich/ Experience the game beyond the screen Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:03:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png Chepngetich Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/chepngetich/ 32 32 Gracious and brilliant- Chepngetich makes history in Chicago https://sandjack.tv/gracious-and-brilliant-chepngetich-makes-history-in-chicago/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:03:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/gracious-and-brilliant-chepngetich-makes-history-in-chicago/ Gracious and brilliant- Chepngetich makes history in Chicago There’s a line from the movie Rocky that encapsulates the spirit of a fighter: “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.” On a crisp Chicago morning, Ruth Chepngetich embodied this tenacity, not just as a […]

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]]> 18562 Ruth Chepngetich Set’s New 2:09 Women’s World Record Marathon Time https://sandjack.tv/ruth-chepngetich-sets-new-209-womens-world-record-marathon-time/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/ruth-chepngetich-sets-new-209-womens-world-record-marathon-time/ The Chicago Marathon, it seems, has become Ruth Chepngetich’s personal playground. On Sunday, she didn’t just break the women’s marathon world record; she obliterated it, setting an astonishing new benchmark of 2:09:56. The 30-year-old Kenyan is now the first woman to break the 2:10 barrier, eclipsing Tigst Assefa’s previous mark of 2:11:53 from Berlin by […]

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]]> 18502 Ruth Chepngetich records history in her “second home” https://sandjack.tv/ruth-chepngetich-records-history-in-her-second-home/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/ruth-chepngetich-records-history-in-her-second-home/ Today, history was made again at the Chicago Marathon when Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich ran 2:09:57 to win the women’s race and become the first woman to run under 2:10:00 in Marathon. It would not have happened at a better place than in her “second home,” as she describes the windy city in her post-race interview. […]

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]]> 18616 2024 Chicago Marathon: Ruth Chepngetich Chases History While New Faces Emerge in the Men’s Race https://sandjack.tv/2024-chicago-marathon-ruth-chepngetich-chases-history-while-new-faces-emerge-in-the-mens-race/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 17:31:00 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/2024-chicago-marathon-ruth-chepngetich-chases-history-while-new-faces-emerge-in-the-mens-race/ Well, RunBlogRun is covering the 46th Bank of America Chicago Marathon on-site and remotely. We will have the thoughtful eyes of David Monti (Race Results Weekly and photographer Jane Monti), Kevin Morris (photographer), plus myself, and, with this thoughtful preview, Deji Ogeyinginbo, who is covering the event from the great state of Georgia. The big […]

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