Ebenyo turns from Chicago pacemaker to Valencia contender
The World Cross bronze medallist paced the Chicago Marathon to 30km and now races the Valencia Half Marathon on 25 October.
In short: Kenya's Daniel Ebenyo, a pacemaker at the Chicago Marathon on 11 October, races the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday 25 October 2026, The Star reported. His best is 59:04.
Daniel Ebenyo was one of the pacemakers at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday 11 October, pacing the men's field up to the 30km mark, The Star reports. Amos Kipruto went on to win in 2:01:09. Ebenyo's next race is the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday 25 October.
Ebenyo's best is 59:04, set when he finished second in Manama in 2022. He won the Berlin Half Marathon in 2024 (59:30) and took silver at the 2023 World Road Running Championships in Riga.
In 2026 he won bronze at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, was sixth in the 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, and was ninth in the half marathon at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen on 20 September (59:42), The Star reports.
The organisers' elite men's field lists three other Kenyans: Owen Korir (58:58), Alex Matata (59:11) and Andrea Kiptoo (59:11). Spain's Rodrigue Kwizera (58:16) has the fastest best. The Star has reported that Diana Wanza runs the women's race. The Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon is on the same day.