Festus Talam

Festus Talam

Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 31)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Team	NN Running Team

Festus Talam (born October 20, 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Early life

Festus Talam was born in Baringo County in Kenya. ^[1]

Career

Talam made his debut in 2016, when he won the Eindhoven Marathon in October of that year with a time of 2:06:26. ^[2] He won the Eindhoven Marathon again one year later, in October 2017, with a time of 2:06:13, beating his 2016 record by 13 seconds. ^{[3] [4]}

On November 4, 2018, Talam ran the 2018 New York City Marathon ^[5] , finishing in 8th place with a time of 2:12:40. ^{[6] [7]}

On April 15, 2019, Talam ran the 2019 Boston Marathon ^{[8] [9]} , finishing 9th with a time of 02:09:25. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Festus Talam demonstrates the RunCzech Racing project at full strength in the DLL Eindhoven Marathon". runczech.com. 2016-10-13. Archived from the original on 2024-10-15.
2. "Pacemaker Talam in shocking victory in his debut". Kenya Page. October 10, 2016.
3. "Big Three Set to Battle for Honolulu Marathon Men's Title". December 8, 2017.
4. "Marathon Eindhoven". October 8, 2017.
5. "More than 50,000 runners set off in New York City Marathon". USA Today. November 4, 2018.
6. "TCS New York City Marathon 2018". New York Road Runners . November 4, 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
7. "2018 New York City Marathon Results". NBC Sports . November 4, 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
8. Andrew Mahoney (January 10, 2019). "Elite field set for 2019 Boston Marathon". Boston Globe.
9. "John Hancock Announces 2019 Boston Marathon Elite Team". January 10, 2019.
10. "2019 Boston Marathon results". Olympics.nbcsports.com. April 15, 2019.
11. "B.A.A. Boston Marathon: 2019". World Athletics. April 15, 2019.

External links

• Festus Talam at World Athletics
• Festus Talam at YouTube