An Interview With Philip T Lagat - Winner of Cleveland Marathon 18/05/2014.

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Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)

Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)

Philip T Lagat - Fights with Eluid Too of Kenya and comes in first in Cleveland Marathon 2014

Yesterday, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele won the BUPA Great Manchester Run 10km run and was able to fend off Wilson Kipsang from Kenya who came in second, for the men open 10km race. Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia came in first in the women open 10km race.

At the same time, yesterday, Philip T Lagat from Kenya, came in first in Cleveland Marathon. Philip did a new personal best time and I have included an interview on his win in this blog post. I hope that he will keep succeeding in running and scale new heights.

I would like to thank Philip T Lagat for  the interview

Cleveland Marathon 2014 Men and Women Open Marathon Top 5 Winners.

Male Top 5 Winners

1. Philp Lagat, KEN,02:12:39; 2. Eliud Too, KEN, 2:13:35; 3. Abebe Mekuruya, KEN, 2:17:07; 4. Richard Kessio, KEN, 2:28:14; 5. Jack Klecker, Charlotte N.C., 2:28:43.

Female Top 5 Winners
1. Sarah Kiptoo, KEN, 2:34:58; 2. Dehininet Jara, KEN, 02:41:14; 3. Carol Smith, Bethesda, Md., 2:45:53; 4. Serkalem Abrha, ETH, 2:48:25; 5. Kir Selert, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2:51:50

An Interview With Philip T Lagat. 

1. What was your time of your race?

I did a time of 2:12:38 

2. Are you happy with the time?

Yes sir, I am so happy of it because its my personal best.

3. How were the people who were there for the race? 

I could say that the race was great and I was happy to win it. The people were supportive and very cheerful.

4. How do you feel about the race course?

All the way, the course was very good.

5. Do you like the race as a whole?

I love the race.

6. How was the organisation of the race?

That organization was good I love the way they did this race. That course was great but a lot of u-turns were found and at the last part the route was hilly.

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By Narayanan
Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’  by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).

He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.