Hellen Wanjiku Mugo (born 12 December 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. She has won marathons in Belgrade, Carpi, Mombasa and Košice. Her personal best is 2:27:16 hours, set in Carpi.
Born in Nyeri in Kenya,[1] she did not immediately enter professional running as she married Ruben Mwaura and had a daughter, Anne Muthoni, in 2006.[2] Mugo was runner-up to Philes Ongori at the Kenyan Armed Forces half marathon at the start of 2009 and from there she began to focus on longer distance.[3] Her first European outing in the marathon saw her take a comfortable win at the Belgrade Marathon some twelve minutes ahead of the opposition.[4] She came third at the Mombasa Marathon.[5] In her third outing of the year, she knocked over ten minutes off her best time to win the Italian Marathon in Carpi with a run of 2:27:16 hours. Mugo was confident in her abilities and said, "I think that I can run 2:25 with the help of pacemakers."[2]
In her first race of 2011 she started quickly at the Dubai Marathon, reaching the halfway point in 1:12:54 but faded in the second half, ending up twelfth with 2:36:38 hours.[1][6] She entered the 2011 Boston Marathon and finished 13th place with her run of 2:29:06.[7] She had a decent showing at the Porto Half Marathon, coming fourth,[8] but did less well at the Venice Marathon, ending up seventh and crossing the line after 2:50:59 hours.[9]
Mugo had a more successful year in 2012. She was fifth at the Seoul International Marathon,[10] won the Mombasa Marathon,[11] and set a course record of 2:29:59 to win the Košice Peace Marathon.[12] She ended the year with a sixth-place finish at the Honolulu Marathon.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Hellen Mugo. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ a b Sampaolo, Diego (2010-10-10). Kosgei clocks 2:09:00 course record in Carpi. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Makori, Elias (2009-01-17). Kiprop and Chepkurui take Kenyan Armed Forces Cross Country titles, but Tergat steals the show. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (2010-04-18). Maiyo wins windy Belgrade Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Ouma, Mark (2010-05-11). Kenyans Mbugua, Kibet prevail in Mombasa Marathon. African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Hellen Wanjiku Mugo. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Boston Marathon results. ESPN. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Fernandes, António Manuel (2011-09-18). Tadese under one hour in Oporto. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ 2011 Results Venice Marathon Archived 2011-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Runnerspace. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2012-03-18). Loyanae cruises 2:05:37 to shatter course record in Seoul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Mombasa Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Juck, Alfons (2012-10-08). Course records tumble in Kosice. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
- ^ Monti, David (2012-12-09). Kipsang and Galimova win windy Honolulu Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.
