San Blas Half Marathon
Coamo, PR, USA
February 8, 2015 A good day for Posso Sports athletes in the 52nd edition of the "Maraton San Blas" in Coamo, Puerto Rico. Kimutai Kiplimo of Kenya repeated his second place finish of 2014, while his team mate Sylas Kimutai Chebogel took third in his first attempt at the hot, hilly and humid event. And in 9th place, continuing a remarkable string of top 10 finishes in races of the highest level, and coming in as first non-Kenyan to the finish, was Jeffrey Eggl
All-America City 10K
Edinburg, TX, USA
February 7, 2015 Kenyan Geoffrey Bundi opened his 2015 US road race campaign with a strong second place finish in Edinburg, Texas, running a fast 28:17 behind countryman Julius Kogo's 28:04 course record. Bundi, the champion last year of both Bay to Breakers 12K and Utica Boilermaker 15K showed he has great speed as well as endurance and is sure to accumulate more wins and podium finishes in the weeks and months to come.
Beppu-Oita Marathon
Posso Sports client Tewelde Estifanos Hidru of Eritrea, in his fourth marathon, returned to the site of his debut and came away with his first marathon win and a new PR of 2:10:18. His previous best had been 2:11:47 for second in the 2014 Medibank Melbourne Marathon.
Estifanos followed the pacemakers through a first half in 1:04:08 along with a pack of 10 contenders, but as the pacemakers dropped from the race at 30K, he surged away with a decisive move and progressively in
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