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Kenneth Mburu Mungara

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1118: 88:'s record which had stood since 1978. He managed a third-place finish at the 2009 Prague Marathon, but he was hampered by a knee injury. He recovered in time for the 2009 Toronto Waterfront Marathon and defended his title, finishing in a time of 2:08:31 and breaking the Canadian all-comers' record. He was pleased with, but surprised by, the achievement, stating that he did not believe his manager when he said Mungara could run 2:08. He received a total of 55,000 42: 205: 95:
He returned to the Prague Marathon in 2010 but could not repeat his past performances and finished in 2:10:53 for seventh place. He maintained his reputation at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, however, improving his Canadian all-comers record to 2:07:57 for his third consecutive win of
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for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, which he became champion for the third time in yet again one of the closest races in the events history, with only three seconds separating the top three places in the race.
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the event. When asked whether he was considering one of the large American marathons the following year, Mungara admitted he had already promised to return to Toronto for a fourth attempt. He won at the
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in December, taking the first prize of US$ 50,000. He achieved a fourth straight win at the 2011 Toronto Marathon, although the finish was close between Mungara and
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as both recorded the same finishing time of 2:09:51 hours. At the 2011 Prague Marathon he was runner-up to
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Mungara's finishing time for the 2011 Toronto Marathon was later rounded down by two seconds to 2:09:51.
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am (AEST), which was the final day of the Games. He placed tenth in a time of 2:25:42.
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on the Gold Coast in Australia. The marathon event took place on 15 April 2018 at 8:15
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He won his first major international marathon in 2008, completing the
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He did not perform well in the 2012 season, running 2:15:59 at the
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In 2018 Kenneth was selected on the national team to represent
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but still managed a personal best run of 2:07:36 hours.
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All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
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Kurdyumova, Yelena; Porada, Sergey (4 November 2012).
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Index

Limuru
long distance runner
marathon

Prague Marathon
Eliah Sang
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon
John Kelai
Tariku Jufar
Peter Kiprotich
Mumbai Marathon
Indian
Shivnath Singh
Canadian dollars
Singapore Marathon
Abdullah Dawit
Benson Barus
Paris Marathon
JoongAng Seoul Marathon
Singapore Marathon
Nairobi Marathon
Gold Coast Marathon
IAAF Gold Label Race
Yuki Kawauchi
Gold Coast
Gold Coast Marathon
Kenya
XXI Commonwealth Games
Kenya
Cologne Marathon

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