Sunday October 26th 2025 I ran the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon in Kenya. Find below my full race coverage from this marathon and some tourist impressions from Nairobi.
Nairobi and the Karen Blixen Museum
I was pleased to visit the Karen Blixen Museum in Karen, Nairobi, as part of my stay. Obviously, being a Dane this was “mandatory” as the world-famous author Karen Blixen was a Dane too, her danish house is actually only 20 km off my own one. Other tourist stuff included visits to the Nairobo Giraffe Centre and the Kazumi Bead Factory, where I bought several nice pieces of jewlery. Also, staying at the Villa Rosa Kempinsky Hotel was a great experience this weekend.
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Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2025
The event carried mutiple distances, marathon, halfmarathon, 5K and 10K. The event was very well organized with well equipped water station, maintained (!) toilets and a high level of security along the entire route. There were some height meters to battle and running at almost 2000 meters above sea level was quite challenging. Personally, I had the great honor to spend time with the winner of the Copenhagen Maraton 2018, Mr. William Morwarbe of Kenya, whom came to run with me for a few kilometers, thus creating a fond memory for a lifetime!
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See or relive the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon 2025 here (and in Swahili)
