Conseslus Kipruto Quotes
born 1994 Kenya
Conseslus Kipruto (born 8 December 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
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To any age-group champion I would say: always remember what made you successful. Never veer off that path or one day it will come back to bite you.
I win a lot of gold medals, But this one was something special.
I keep training – that’s how to handle things.
I was telling him: ‘don’t use the energy, we are going to use it in the finals.
I failed to complete the race in the Rabat Diamond League 2023 in Morocco on Sunday, owing to this problem that keeps recurring.
The steeplechase has become my life. It has taken me a long way from my home village of Lutiet in Nandi County and has earned me a good career. You can’t beat the thrill of clearing the barriers at speed, it a great adrenaline rush, something magical.
I was praying: let it be me,Let the first name be Conseslus.
I had a lot of stress, a lot of worries, What am I going to do until I make it to Worlds? What will I do when I’m in recovery.
I said, ‘let me build this pool, let me do [underwater] running and that can make my legs feel strong when I start training. It will not be like beginning’.
Then in what was only my second ever steeplechase race I won the national secondary schools title. It was amazing to be national champion, especially as I had so little steeplechase experience.
I put all my effort for the day into the pool, When I put it all together, I was doing like five hours a day.
I have some discs in my lower back that have jerked out of place and this triggers a sharp pain that makes it difficult for me sometimes to compete or even train.
I said: ‘no, I’m the defending champion, I want to take the victory. This is a Kenyan event’. I said, ‘I’m going to retain my title, to take this victory to Kenya’.
I was telling the people you have seen I’m still there, I was telling the people of the world I was there to save my title.
When I ran in Paris I said to my coach, ‘I don’t have the power’. He told me to relax, that I had to cancel the last Diamond League and I said, ‘coach, I have to do it.
We did speed work like four times a week for two weeks, After those two weeks he wished me good luck and said, ‘Conseslus, you’re going to win the title’.
It was an amazing crowd, I was like, ‘I’m in a competition, I should focus on this,’ but that made me fight, especially in the last 50 metres.