Foot Solutions Runner Jared Nyamboki wins 5th Annual Des Moines Marathon
The Kenyan running machine swept into Des Moines on Sunday morning. Runners from the African country dominated both the Des Moines Marathon and half-marathon men’s races at Nollen Plaza. Jared Nyamboki beat fellow Kenyan George Towett to win the fifth running of the 26.2-mile race in 2:23:26. Towett ran 2:25:32. Moses Waweru won the men’s half-marathon in 1:08.20.
Robyn Friedman of Lambs Grove, Ia., won the women’s race in 2:42.19. Both marathon winners won $1,000. “I felt strong … I am happy about it,” said Nyamboki, who topped a field of 24,000 at the Army Ten-Miler in Washington, D.C., last Sunday. “For sure I run well in the cold.”…continue reading
Alisa Harvey became the first four-time winner of the Army Ten-Miler in a masters women’s record time of 59 minutes while Jared Nyamboki coasted to the men’s victory in 48:24. The 22nd running of America’s largest 10-mile road race started and finished October 8th at the Pentagon. There were 15,134 official finishers in the field of 16,676 runners. “It’s more than just a road race for me,” said Harvey, 41 a mother of two from Manassas, Va. “I love the military aspect when I get out there with the men who are all ‘Hooah!’ They’re excited about the race and they’re competitive even with the women. It’s a whole new feel, so I just love being a part of all that.” …
Alisa Harvey earned her elite reputation by thwarting all competition on the track at 800 and 1,500 meters. Now she has left her mark on the Army Ten-Miler. When the 41-year-old Manassas resident seized the lead yesterday before the sevenmile mark in downtown Washington, she was about to make race history — scoring an unprecedented fourth victory and becoming the oldest female to win America’s largest 10-mile race. “I went a little early,” said Harvey, the top woman here in 1998, 1999 and 2003 as well.
