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| Full name | Erick Kimaiyo Kimase | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 July 1969 Kenya | ||||||||||||||
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Erick Kimaiyo Kimase (born 8 July 1969) is a Kenyan former marathon runner who came second at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, and won the Honolulu and Baltimore Marathons on multiple occasions. Kimaiyo now works as a marathon coach, and trains current women's world record holder Brigid Kosgei.
Kimaiyo is the cousin of fellow Kenyan former runner Raymond Kipkoech. [1] He has four children. [2]
In 1996, Kimaiyo finished 18th at the Boston Marathon, in a time of 2:14:37. [3] Later in the year, he won the Honolulu Marathon in a time of 2:13:23. [4] [5] It was the second fastest marathon time that year. [5] Kimaiyo and Jimmy Muindi had broken away around 19 miles (31 km) into the race, and Kimaiyo was awarded $20,000 for winning the race. [6]
Kimaiyo came second at the 1997 Berlin Marathon, losing in a sprint finish to fellow Kenyan Elijah Lagat by two seconds. [7] [8] The Kenyan team at the event won the team world record. [9] Later in the year, Kimaiyo competed at the 1997 New York City Marathon. [10] In the same year, Kimaiyo won the Honolulu Marathon again, in a time of 2:12:17, [4] a course record time. [lower-alpha 1] [2] Kimaiyo broke away from Muindi and Thabiso Moqhali after 25 miles (40 km) of the race, on the ascent of Diamond Head. [2] In 1998, Kimaiyo came eighth at a half marathon event in Ngong, Kenya. [11]
In 1999, Kimaiyo came second at the Honolulu Marathon behind Muindi. Muindi, Kimaiyo and Mbarak Hussein were all involved in the sprint finish. [12] Kimaiyo ran in the 2000 Berlin Marathon, but dropped away from the lead group 10–20 kilometres (6.2–12.4 mi) into the race. [8] In 2002, Kimaiyo came eighth at the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon. [13] In the same year, he won the Baltimore Marathon in a time of 2:17.44. He won the race by over two minutes. [14] In 2003, he retained his Baltimore Marathon title after beating Christopher Kipkosgei in a sprint finish. [15]
Kimaiyo now works as a marathon coach, and runs a training camp in Kapsait, Kenya at an altitude of 9,600 feet (2,900 m). [16] In 2015, Kimaiyo invited Brigid Kosgei to join his training camp in Kapsait, Kenya. [17] Since 2019, Kosgei is the current women's world record holder. [18] Kimaiyo has also trained Edward Zakayo, who won the 5000 metres event at an under-20 World Championships, [17] Christopher Kipkosgei, who finished second to Kimaiyo at the 2003 Baltimore Marathon after training with him for half a year, [15] and Judith Korir, who won the 2022 Paris Marathon. [19]
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