Brigid Kosgei's younger sister opens up on relocating to the US while chasing her athletics career

Brigid Kosgei's younger sister opens up on relocating to the US while chasing her athletics career

Abigael Wafula 17:15 - 02.11.2024

Pamela Kosgei has opened up about how she is finding life in New Mexico as she chases her career in athletics.

Pamela Kosgei, Brigid Kosgei’s younger sister started her collegiate studies in New Mexico and so far, she is finding her stay there everything that she wished for.

Pamela Kosgei explained that the environment is conducive and the people there are very friendly. She admitted that her coaches also play a huge role in ensuring she gets everything she needs, from training well to having a healthy diet.

“Everything is good and I feel like the weather is good, and my coaches are also good because they give us everything including good training,” Pamela Kosgei said as per Flo Track.

The former world cross country bronze medallist added that it is an honour to be associated with former world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei. She explained that having her in her life is motivation enough and believes that her family is also proud of her.

She promised to continue putting in the work, especially with the NCAA season coming up and she will be eyeing wins in her all the races she competes.

Pamela Kosgei was just fresh-from smashing Parker Valby's course record at the 2024 Wisconsin Pre-Nationals and she expressed optimism that there is more to come. She pointed out that her endurance worked well for her during the race.

“I always feel happy to be Brigid’s family and my family is proud to have two talented runners. I plan to work hard and hopefully win again. The race was good but the course was a little bit hard but I struggled to do my best and push to the limits with the mindset that only the best gets to win,” Pamela Kosgei said.

“On the last lap before I finished the race, I was feeling like my body was tired but towards the end, my body relaxed and I decided to push myself. At the end, I was feeling like there was a lot of wind, that’s why I fell down but I started feeling the heat.”

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