For Edna Kiplagat, the Road to Rio Starts in Glasgow

Published by IAAF on October 2, 2015

Two IAAF World Championships title, one elusive Olympic gold. Ten months out from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Edna Kiplagat is ready to throw everything at the marathon medal she covets and the countdown starts at the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run in Glasgow on Sunday (4).

The 35-year-old Kenyan will defend her title at the IAAF Bronze Label Road Race after the shortest of breaks in the wake of her failed attempt to make it three world championship golds in a row as she came fifth in Beijing in August.

After seeing off previous winner and compatriot Caroline Kilel 12 months ago to take victory in a course record time of 1:07:57, Kiplagat has returned – refreshed, if not entirely recovered – from her exhausting efforts in China and ready to contest the half marathon in Scotland’s largest city.

“I took two weeks break after Beijing and then slowly got back into it,” she said. “I just spent time playing with my kids and doing small chores at home.