Lokedi chasing back-to-back victories against loaded Boston Marathon field
Sharon Lokedi will attempt to become a back-to-back Boston Marathon champion on Monday, 20 April, with the Kenyan runner insisting the pressure of defending her title changes nothing about how she approaches the race.Lokedi, who won in Boston last year with a course record of 2:17:22, but her official personal best (PB) was achieved six months later when she went on to place second in New York in 2:20:07 (Boston is ineligible for records and PBs).Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsHer performance last year shaved two minutes and 37 seconds off the course record set in 2014 by Buzunesh Deba, but as she heads to the US race, she maintains that the stakes are different, and she is ready.Five Kenyan sprinters headline first-ever Addis Ababa Grand Prix”Every time you do a marathon, you think it’s going to get easier, but it never really does. It is always a different race, a different group of women, a different type of competition. So I just treat it like it’s a new race,..