Kamworor to go for personal best at Rotterdam Marathon

Two-time New York Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor is aiming to break his personal best at the Rotterdam Marathon on April 13.

The 32-year-old Kenyan, who clocked 2:04:23 at the 2023 London Marathon, hopes to dip under 2:04 on the fast Dutch course.

Training at Global Sports Communication’s camp in Kaptagat, Kamworor says his preparation has been solid. “I’m coming to Rotterdam to break my PB.

Training has been good, with proper nutrition and recovery being key,” he shared through the NN Running Team.

Rotterdam is known for producing fast times, with Belgium’s Bashir Abdi holding the course record at 2:03:36 (2021).

The city has also hosted two former world records—Portugal’s Carlos Lopes (2:07:12 in 1985) and Ethiopia’s Belayneh Dinsamo (2:06:50 in 1988).

Kamworor enters the race fresh from a second-place finish at the Barcelona Half Marathon (58:44) in February, where Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo set a world record (56:42).

However, he is looking to rebound from a disappointing 2024 New York Marathon, where he finished fifth in 2:08:50.

With a marathon career spanning over a decade, Kamworor made his 42km debut at Berlin 2012, finishing third (2:06:12).

He placed third again in Berlin in 2013, as Wilson Kipsang set a world record (2:03:23). In New York, he finished runner-up in 2015 (2:10:48) and third in 2018 (2:06:26).

Despite past setbacks, Kamworor remains determined to set a new milestone in Rotterdam, cementing his place among the world’s elite marathoners.