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I have competed against some of them before so I was really confident of myself. I have worked hard in training and it has been a steady rise for me to where I am,\u201d Kimaru, who trains in Kapsabet, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimaru, whose last race was a sixth-place finish at the Valencia Half Marathon in October, revealed he had to run a tactical race and be ready to pounce on his competitors\u2019 lapse in concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll along we had been running in a group\u2026not keen to take the initiative. But then again I decided to up the tempo a bit\u2026to shake a few people off the leading pack and that\u2019s how it came to this,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be carrying the hopes of an athletics-crazed nation in the men\u2019s senior race at the World Cross Country Championships and will be hoping to be part of a team that continue the Kenya\u2019s longstanding reputation as the giants of cross country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be Kimaru\u2019s first time donning the national team singlet \u2013 a just reward for a runner who has been bidding his time amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and injury issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/318428135_566435005490960_7874050058193489089_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/318428135_566435005490960_7874050058193489089_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/318428135_566435005490960_7874050058193489089_n.jpg 999w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/318428135_566435005490960_7874050058193489089_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/318428135_566435005490960_7874050058193489089_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former world half marathon record holders Kibiwott Kandie (L) and Geoffrey Kamworor lead the men&#8217;s 10km pack during the national trials for World Cross Country Championships. 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I had to remain focused in training despite the challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Schooler to superstar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women\u2019s 10km race was equally a shock as youngster Grace Loibach defied the odds by taking first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The immediate former St Joseph Secondary School Kapseret student clocked 32:32.2 to cross the finish line first as Edinah Jebitok (32:37.1) and Irene Cheptai (32:53.1) came second and third respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It represents a meteoric rise for Loibach who was until this March a Form Four student before immersing herself full-time into her running passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/sports\/files\/2022\/12\/319045578_566398678827926_6789691541497717609_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grace Loibach celebrates as she crosses the finish line at the national trials for the World Cross Country Championships. 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