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This comes after the fruitful outing that saw him finish second behind Isaiah Lasoi in the men’s 10,000m race.
Charles Muneria has now shifted his focus to the National Championships scheduled for June 22 to 24 at the Moi International Sports Center in Kasarani.
This comes after his fruitful outing at the just-concluded Kenya Prisons Championships that saw him finish second behind Isaiah Lasoi in the men’s 10,000m race. Despite failing to defend his title, he expressed excitement towards his second-place finish.
“We have worked together and every one of us has worked hard. I am content with my second-place finish and since I can’t change that now, I will work hard to do better next time. I want to compete in the National Championships,” he said.
In preparation for the event, he said he will be keen to invest more time in working on his speed since he has been doing many long runs for endurance.
He added that after the championships, he will know whether he will be fully fit to bid for a ticket to the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
“I have been training in preparation for marathons but now I have to change my program and work on my speed. However, I am slowly shifting to road races,” he said.
He added that his switch has been motivated by a leg injury that has been a thorn in the flesh preventing him to run fast. He noted that participating in the road races is what suits him well.
“Track races require a lot of speed and I have been struggling to maintain that since I have a leg problem. However, at the moment, I am trying to do more speed training with the hope that things will work out well,” he said.
Muneria also thinks the reason why Ethiopians floor Kenya in the long-distance races is due to a lack of concertation to road races.
“Ethiopians are specialised in road races and that helps them…they don’t shift a lot as we Kenyans do. Even the Ugandans have started coming up well and I believe they might give us a run for our money going forward,” he said.
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