Hellen Obiri is going to move to the US to train for 2022 NYC Marathon, why?

Maybe she likes the US and wants to live here? Wants more opportunities for her daughter? Edna Kiplagat seems to have found a home in Boulder.

Will klecker be focused on the marathon by 24?

She’s not Kipchoge?

She was quite moved by the obsessive compulsive LR desire to move everyone up in distance, so she’s moving here to follow that path.

Such a dumb article. Acts like she won’t ever have ugali again…and anybody in the know knows she’s not going to be training under Ritz.

For the burritos?

So who's training her?

str8 dope

She will ‘check in’ with Ritz twice monthly but will train with Edna and be coached by Gilbert Koech.

Makes sense to me. I believe Obiri will prefer to train and hang out with Kiplagat (one of the best underrated runner).

Maybe Gilbert wanted a Kenyan training partner for his wife? I can't imagine Hellen moving if someone like Edna wasn't already there.

Probably because it is easier for a female athlete to train in the US than in Kenya. It is a lot more sociably acceptable for her to train here as opposed to Kenya. She can also live a higher standard of life here and get a better education for her daughter.

It's harder for Gidey to elbow her during training if she goes to the US.

You make some good points here and it should be pointed out that outstanding sports people of international standard can apply for a green card in the US as “exceptional athletes” and I’m guessing that perhaps she will take that route like other international athletes before her like Steve Jones, for example.. there are many other examples as well but I don’t have them in my head right now, sorry.

She's not moving for the standard of life, trust me. Her winnings go much further in Kenya than they would in the US and private education (which she can afford) is of extremely high quality. And even though the US is by far the most popular country for Kenyans to move to, most Kenyans prefer to stay home and even the expatriated ones tend build or purchase retirement homes back in Kenya.

I think Edna was the draw and I don't think the move is permanent.

Good to hear that it might not be a permanent move because I think she can inspire so many runners in Kenya and in particular her area of Kisii, which is not the hotbed of running competitive places like Iten, Kapsabet, Ngong, etc. I went to Keroka and Kisii back in April and May 2022 and most of the kids were only interested in playing football not running. In addition, the facilities in both of those towns are not very well developed for athletics. I attended the regional athletic championships at Kisii University track, and the runners in the 10,000 m had to run extra mileage because the first two lanes were completely waterlogged after recent rains! Those are the types of conditions which are common in that area.

In short, obituary should be a great sports personality to inspire the youth of her region.

It would be trivial for her to qualify. I know of far less impressive runners who have done it.

Typo: Obituary

correction: Obiri

apologies for that egregious error.

Thank you for your correction and it would be interesting to know the names of runners who qualified for the fast track green card based on their running credentials.

Thank you.