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Geoffrey Kamworor is excited and confident about returning to the New York City Marathon, where he’s previously won twice, after overcoming past injuries.
Geoffrey Kamworor has expressed eagerness ahead of returning to one of his favourite course at Sunday’s New York City Marathon.
Kamworor, a two-time New York City marathon champion, has suffered a series of injuries that forced him to pull out of many races but has expressed confidence ahead of Sunday’s challenge and confirmed he will be on the starting line.
The five-time world cross country champion revealed that he is in great shape and ready to show the world what he is capable of, explaining that he believes in his abilities and having raced in the streets of New York a series of times.
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He won the 2017 and 2019 editions of the New York City Marathon and proceeded to finish second in 2015 and third in 2018.
“I always believe in myself and I’ll never doubt my potential and whenever I’m healthy, I know I can do something. It will be an exciting moment for me, going back after sometime. I really wanted to go back last year and I trained very well but I had to pull out because of an injury,” Geoffrey Kamworor said.
“My preparations towards New York City Marathon are going really well and my memories of the course are really great because I’ve won there twice, finished second on one occasion and third in another. It has been nice for me and New York is really a great place and has a nice course especially towards the finish, the last 5km towards Central Park,” he added.
Geoffrey Kamworor added that he has mastered the course very well and has an idea of what to expect throughout the race. He has not done any special training ahead of the challenge as he admitted that the training course in Kenya looks like the one at the New York City Marathon.
He admitted that injuries have plagued him and finishing second at last year’s London Marathon was a sign that he is bouncing back slowly.
“The course is pretty well, sometimes very challenging…there is an uphill challenge and a little bit of downhill challenges. However, it’s nice to me and I don’t see any problem with the course and I think I like the course so much,” he said.
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“Actually, I didn’t do any special training going into the race because where we train here in Kenya, it’s sometimes very hilly and some downhills. I was excited to finish second in London last year after coming back from a series of injuries.”
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