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Philemon Kiriago Pre-2026 Broken Arrow Skyrace Interview

A video interview with Philemon Kiriago before the 2026 Broken Arrow Skyrace.
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Kenyan Philemon Kiriago arrives at the 2026 Broken Arrow Skyrace after two consecutive years of podium finishes at the event. In the following interview, Philemon reflects on being back racing in the U.S., his goals going into racing both the Ascent and 23k this year, his successful 2025 season, and racing with his run2gether teammate, Patrick Kipngeno.

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Philemon Kiriago Pre-2026 Broken Arrow Skyrace Interview Transcript

Transcript coming soon.

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Eszter Horanyi identifies as a Runner Under Duress, in that she’ll run if it gets her deep into the mountains or canyons faster than walking would, but she’ll most likely complain about it. A retired long-distance bike racer, she turned to running around 2014 and has a bad habit of saying yes to terribly awesome/awesomely terrible ideas on foot. The longer and more absurd the mission, the better. This running philosophy has led to an unsupported FKT on Nolan’s 14 and many long and wonderful days out in the mountains with friends.