Great north run

William Amponsah took his emerging status as a budding African long-distance sensation to the next level after placing 8th in the 2022 edition of the Great North Run held in the United Kingdom. The race saw over 60,000 elite runners including half marathon world champion, Kiplimo, who recently won double gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega and Amponsah’s role model, Kenenisa Bekele. There was a huge improvement from Amponsah as we have seen the entire year following his huge half marathon Personal Best (PB) of 1:03:15. But why any performance in the Great North Run…