{"id":142700,"date":"2026-05-31T10:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kipyegon-kioko-clinch-titles-at-inaugural-kitui-green-run-half-marathon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T10:02:51","slug":"kipyegon-kioko-clinch-titles-at-inaugural-kitui-green-run-half-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kipyegon-kioko-clinch-titles-at-inaugural-kitui-green-run-half-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kipyegon, Kioko Clinch Titles at Inaugural Kitui Green Run Half Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya May 31 \u2013 Shadrack Kipyegon has won the inaugural Kitui Green Run men\u2019s 21-kilometre race after clocking 1:08:30 in a closely contested competition held in Kitui County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s category, Christine Kioko emerged victorious, sealing the title in 1:17:00 to claim top honours in the maiden edition of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Kitui Green Run, which also featured a 10-kilometre race and a 5-kilometre fun run, attracted participants who competed along a mixed terrain route combining tarmac and off-road sections.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers said the event is designed not only to promote athletics but also to encourage environmental conservation and community participation in sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>The run, dubbed \u201cRunning for Rain,\u201d aims to raise awareness on environmental conservation and water harvesting, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions such as Kitui County.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya May 31 \u2013 Shadrack Kipyegon has won the inaugural Kitui Green Run men\u2019s 21-kilometre race after clocking 1:08:30 in a closely contested competition held in Kitui County. In the women\u2019s category, Christine Kioko emerged victorious, sealing the title in 1:17:00 to claim top honours in the maiden edition of the event. The Kitui [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}