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Kenya\u2019s Joyciline Jepkosgei has been in excellent form in 2017. In April of this year she had set a new world half marathon record at\u00a01:04:52\u00a0 during a race in Prague. On Sunday October 22, she kept her momentum alive at the Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Half Marathon, taking one second off her own world record* to win the IAAF Gold Label road race in 1:04:51.<\/p>\n
She started out on a torrid pace reaching the first 5km in a frantic 14:52, and\u00a0 was timed at 30:09 at 10 kilometres, ,well ahead of her own world record pace. But the torrid pace took its toll and she slowed down, reaching the 15kn mark in 45:37. She the picked up the pace, cheered on by the crowd to finish in 1:04:51.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was my first race in Valencia, I enjoyed a lot, the weather is nice, the circuit is perfect to run fast,\u201d said Jepkosgei, who will turn 24 in December. \u201cI hope to come back in March for the World Half Marathon Championships.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
22 year old Fancy Chemutai finished second and Lucy Cheruiyot was third as Kenya swept the top three positions ahead of Ethiopian track star Gelete Burka<\/p>\n
1 Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:04:51
\n2 Fancy Chemutai (KEN) 1:05:36
\n3 Lucy Cheruiyot (KEN) 1:07:31
\n4 Gelete Burka (ETH) 1:08:18
\n5 Paskalia Chepkorir (KEN) 1:09:08
\n6 Trihas Gebre (ESP) 1:09:57
\n7 Birhan Mhretu (ETH) 1:10:00
\n8 Azmera Gebru Hagos (ETH) 1:10:40<\/p>\n
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