<p>Micah Kogoh is back in Bengaluru and this time, he is on a mission. The last occasion he was here, in 2011, he hardly did justice to his reputation as a 10K runner and the talented Kenyan is keen to set the record straight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He was the second fastest man over 10K in the world and also a bronze medallist in the 10000M at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But in Bengaluru, Kogo didn’t even finish in the top-ten.<br /><br />Having enhanced his reputation in the last four years, especially on the marathon circuit, Kogo said he can beat the odds and do well in the World 10K here on Sunday. <br />“For me, running 10K is not a problem because I used to be a 10000M runner and a former world record holder in the 10K. I am familiar with the training needed for this race,” said the 29-year-old but he kept an eye out on the weather.<br /><br />“You don’t know what the weather is going to be like. Sometimes it could be cold, sometimes it could be hot. But I am hoping to run my best.”<br /><br />Kogo said he wasn’t aware of the strength of the Ethiopians assembled herebut felt his compatriot Japhet Korir, the former World Cross Country champion, could be a strong opponent.<br /><br />Kogo’s marathon journeys took him close to the dark times we are living in. He was second at the Boston Marathon in 2013, where a bomb blast killed three people. “It was all good when we were there on the course but after the top runners had finished, we realised there was a problem. We had crossed the finish line and an hour later, there was a bomb blast. We were back in the hotel when it happened. Suddenly we heard a sound and looking out, we saw people lying on the road, people crying. It was a sad scene,” recalled the Kenyan who is into stone-cutting and construction business back home.<br /><br />Kenyan athletics has been rocked by doping controversies in recent times and the man from Eldoret called it sad. “It is a sad story. We have talent. Everyone in Kenya has talent but it’s like someone is trying to add something to it. It is just not correct,” he said.<br /></p>
<p>Micah Kogoh is back in Bengaluru and this time, he is on a mission. The last occasion he was here, in 2011, he hardly did justice to his reputation as a 10K runner and the talented Kenyan is keen to set the record straight.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He was the second fastest man over 10K in the world and also a bronze medallist in the 10000M at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But in Bengaluru, Kogo didn’t even finish in the top-ten.<br /><br />Having enhanced his reputation in the last four years, especially on the marathon circuit, Kogo said he can beat the odds and do well in the World 10K here on Sunday. <br />“For me, running 10K is not a problem because I used to be a 10000M runner and a former world record holder in the 10K. I am familiar with the training needed for this race,” said the 29-year-old but he kept an eye out on the weather.<br /><br />“You don’t know what the weather is going to be like. Sometimes it could be cold, sometimes it could be hot. But I am hoping to run my best.”<br /><br />Kogo said he wasn’t aware of the strength of the Ethiopians assembled herebut felt his compatriot Japhet Korir, the former World Cross Country champion, could be a strong opponent.<br /><br />Kogo’s marathon journeys took him close to the dark times we are living in. He was second at the Boston Marathon in 2013, where a bomb blast killed three people. “It was all good when we were there on the course but after the top runners had finished, we realised there was a problem. We had crossed the finish line and an hour later, there was a bomb blast. We were back in the hotel when it happened. Suddenly we heard a sound and looking out, we saw people lying on the road, people crying. It was a sad scene,” recalled the Kenyan who is into stone-cutting and construction business back home.<br /><br />Kenyan athletics has been rocked by doping controversies in recent times and the man from Eldoret called it sad. “It is a sad story. We have talent. Everyone in Kenya has talent but it’s like someone is trying to add something to it. It is just not correct,” he said.<br /></p>
