Kilometre Forty

Running and marathon stories from the Rift Valley

Mercy Chebet2 episodes2 min of audio45 playsEpisodic

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S1 · E2Sep 25, 20261:1727 plays Preview

Pacing Your First Marathon Past the Wall

A practical guide to race day pacing, fuelling and the mental trick for kilometre forty, plus a conversation with a London pacemaker about holding exact splits with a crowd behind him.

S1 · E1Aug 20, 20261:0118 plays Members

Why Kenyans Run So Slowly on Easy Days

Mercy explains the easy-hard rhythm of a Kenyan training week, why the group jogs at a pace that would surprise most amateurs, and how listeners can borrow the idea without moving to altitude.

About the show

Kilometre Forty is a weekly running show hosted by Mercy Chebet, a former 2:28 marathoner from Iten who now coaches a mixed group of elite and amateur runners. Each 35 to 45 minute episode has two halves. The first is practical: how to build a long run, what a tempo session is for, why Kenyan athletes run so slowly on easy days, how to pace a first marathon, how to manage heat, hills and the inevitable bad patch around kilometre forty. The second half is a story: a conversation with an athlete, a pacemaker, a physio or a shoe fitter, or a recorded morning run on the red dirt roads above Iten with the group chatting as they go. Mercy speaks to beginners and sub-three runners in the same breath, never sells a magic plan, and tells you honestly when something is simply hard. It is for anyone with a race on the calendar or a pair of shoes by the door.

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