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Nyamira’s Joy Kemuma pulled out all stops to win the women’s 42km at the Nairobi City Marathon on Sunday morning.<\/em><\/p>\n The 38-year-old mother of one clocked 2:27:43 to cross the finish line first, ahead of Jacinta Chepkoech (2:30:48) and Nancy Jepleting (2:31:09) who took second and third respectively.<\/p>\n Speaking afterwards, Kemuma attributed her slaloming run to an appetite for victory, which began at April’s Eldoret City Marathon.<\/p>\n “I have been working hard in training for a while and I thought to myself to come and compete in this race and see if I could win. I finished fifth at the Eldoret City Marathon and that inspired me a lot to fight for more. It was a big morale booster,” Kemuma, who trains in Kapsabet, said.<\/p>\n Kemuma says she will now put her feet up on the couch to take a well-deserved rest, even as she puts her Ksh 3.5 million prize money to good use.<\/p>\n “I will not compete in any more races in the near future. I want to take a rest even as I restrategize. My plan with the prize money is to look for a piece of land to buy, among other investments. Some of it I will use to purchase more training equipment,” she divulged.<\/p>\n Concerning the race, Kemuma — who collapsed upon crossing the finish line — said it was all about persevering through the pain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n