Eliud Kipchoge: The Millions He Is Set To Get If He Wins The Boston Marathon.

Eliud Kipchoge, the Kenyan marathoner could walk away with Ksh. 20 million($150,000) if he wins the Boston marathon slated for Monday, April 27,2023.

And according to the Boston Athletic Association (BAA), he can pocket up to 26.7 million if sets a new record.

"The Boston Marathon will make history as the first Abbot World Marathon Major event to offer equal $50,000-course record bonuses," the association said.

The current record is held by Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai with a time of 2:03:02 set more than a decade ago in 2011.

Kipchoge on March 26 said that he hopes to run the marathon in under two hours just like the Ineos marathon.

"This is a new challenge. It's like a championship in which we need to win a gold medal," said Kipchoge.

He has been training in Kenya with the NN Running team.

"I Am heading in the right direction towards the Boston Marathon on April 17. The training sessions are going on well, especially the long runs on our 'Boston training route' have been good so far. I can't wait to take this challenge." He added.

This is one of Abbot's six most challenging races. It begins in Hopkinton and goes through the hills of Newton before ending downhill in Boston.

Kipchoge will compete alongside Kenyan athletes Evans Chebet, who won the title in 2022, and Benson Kipruto who won it in 2021.

Why Bicycle Chains And Gears Are Always on The Right.

Have you ever wondered why bicycle chains and gears are always on the right side?

Drivetrains enable riders to pedal a bicycle forward and even change gears in bicycles.

A drivetrain is the set of components in a vehicle that move the wheels forward. In motorized vehicles like cars, they connect the engine and transmission to the wheel axles.

In bicycles, it is where the chain chainset, also known as the crankset, and the cassette sprockets at the rear wheel.

Drivetrains, where the chains and the gears are located on the right side because of the tradition that bicycle makers set in the 1800s.

The tradition was adopted as most people were right-handed, including the makers and customers.

Gears make it easier for riders to pedal depending on the gradient of the road. Mountain bikes have derailleur gears.

A derailleur gear is a mechanism that allows the chain to move from one sprocket to another.

Though modern technology can allow drive chains to be on the left side the challenge is that some bicycle parts fit only when the drive chain is on the right side.

Among Kenyans who love cycling is first lady Rachel Ruto who has an organization, mama Cycling which encourages cycling as a leisure activity and sport.

How Leah Wambui Rose From The Position A Receptionist To Owning Ksh.17M Worth Real Estate Firm.

 

For many people, failure to pursue further education is a matter that has the potential to negatively affect their lives.

However, Leah Wambui seems to have turned the pain of missing out on university education due to financial constraints into establishing herself in the real estate venture.

She is the current CEO of Cheriez Properties Limited located in Kitengela. The firm boasts of 200 houses each valued at ksh17 million.

When she was 16, she lost her mother and this forced her to stay with her aunt. She helped her in managing her shop especially during the holidays.

Wambui owes her business success to sheer hard work, patience and mentorship from her maternal aunt who was successfully operating a business in Mombasa.

“Even when I was a little girl, I always wanted to be like her. I admired that she would travel the world and she looked nice and had nice things,” Wambui told a popular YouTube channel.

At one point, she thought of starting a wines and spirits business and reached out for financial help from her aunt.

“I talked to my auntie, I said I wanted to start something like what she was doing. I wanted to start out in Nairobi but the amount of money that she could get was only enough to start out in Kiambu,” says Wambui.

Her business was successful and she even managed to save part of the profits in table banking groups popularly known as chamas. Her burning ambition to grow forced her to borrow a car in a move to spread the business tentacles to nearby towns and maximize on profits.

In 2009, she bought 8 acres of land in Kitengela after selling their house, shares and topping up the money with savings. Wambui found new ambition  to invest in real estate.

At the start, she sank a borehole and constructed the boundary wall. By the end of 2015, she had set up 10 houses and planned to sell each at 17 million.

However, what was an ambitious project turned to be more stressful as potential buyers would visit the site, ask her countless questions then leave never to return.

“We had our first show house and we invited people to come. I thought that the moment we had the show house we would get clients. I got into a rude shock. People came – and the questions that followed; are you an architect? Are you an interior designer? How many projects have you done?” she recalls.

She resorted to marketing the houses internationally, but she still couldn’t get the first buyer until the end of 2016 when two customers came in. Wambui, a deeply religious woman owes success to her prayerful tendency.

By the end of 2017, she had received enough money to expand her real estate venture and built more houses. Her first project named ‘Royal Finesse Homes’ with 78 houses was fully sold out by 2020.

Wambui successfully rolled out the second housing project, a gated community home with 78 four-bedroomed houses each with a detached SQ, private garden and fully fitted kitchen. Additionally, the gated community has swimming pools, equipped gyms and kids playing area.

She attributes her fruitful venture to prioritising quality and paying attention to the smallest of details and researching more on what the market wants.

“Our products sell for themselves, we go over and beyond and make sure that we have cut out a niche in the way we deliver our products. We try to wear the shoes of the person who is going to buy and live here,” she says.