Sylvia Kibet may not yet consider herself a full-fledged marathoner but the Kenyan looks likely to be in the running for a first title in just her second career race at the inaugural Saitama International Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (15).

Kenya’s Lucy Kabuu is the leading name in the women-only elite field for the first Saitama International Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday 15 November.

After a disappointing experience at the IAAF World Championships, Wilson Kipsang is looking for some redemption in the Dam tot Damloop, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race over 10 miles in the Netherlands on Sunday (20).

Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and John Mwangangi, USA’s Galen Rupp and Ethiopia’s Ayele Abshero are the big names for the Dam tot Damloop, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race over 10 miles from Amsterdam to Zandaam on Sunday 20 September.

Sylvia Kibet just edged out her Kenyan compatriot Paskalia Kipkoech after a thrilling duel over the final kilometre to win the 2013 Carrera de la Mujer in Bogota, Colombia, on Sunday (29).

Ethiopia’s Belaynesh Oljira heads a strong field of runners for the seventh edition of the Carrera de la Mujer de Bogotá (Bogota’s Women’s race), an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday (29).

Kenya’s Leonard Komon, the second-fastest man in history over the 10-mile distance, is one of the favourites for the Dam tot Damloop, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race between the city squares of Amsterdam and Zaandam in the Netherlands, held on Sunday (22).

Tirunesh Dibaba, in many people’s eyes the greatest women’s long distance runner ever, will return to the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene to headline a loaded women’s 5000m field at the 39th edition of the Prefontaine Classic on 1 June.

Ethiopia’s Imane Merga, the 2011 World Cross Country Champion, and Kenya’s two-time IAAF World Championships 5000m silver medallist Sylvia Kibet, clinched their second win each at the 38th edition of the famous Boclassic Sylverlauf in Bolzano over 10km on Monday (31).

World cross-country champion Imane Merga will take on Olympic 5000m bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa on New Year’s Eve at the BOclassic race in Bolzano, Italy.

30 November 2012 - Bolzano, Italy - World Cross Country champion Imane Merga from Ethopia and Kenyan Sylvia Kibet, the reigning World 5000m silver medallist, will headlong the 38th edition of the BOClassic in Bozen/Bolzano on New Year's Eve.

Ethiopia’s Imane Merga, the fresh IAAF World Cross Country champion from last week in Punta Umbria, took a narrow win over Kenya’s Caleb Ndiku, World Junior Cross Country champion and World Junior 1500m champion in 2010, at the 35th edition of the Trofeo Alasport in Alà dei Sardi, a small village in Sardinia where the cross country season traditionally comes to an end just a few days after the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.