Magdalyne Masai

Magdalyne Moraa Masai (born 21 November 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner specializing in marathon and road races. She is known for her strong marathon performances, including her personal best of 2:18:58 at the 2024 Frankfurt Marathon. She is the sister of Linet Masai and Moses Masai, both world-class runners, and is married to New Zealand long-distance runner Jake Robertson. Quotes After a break to recover my first training sessions went so well that I really wanted to run another marathon in the autumn. I am in the best shape of my life and did not want to waste it Frankfurt is the perfect race for me. I am really excited to have the chance to come back Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt: “I am in the Form of my Life“,20 October 2025 So far in my training not only am I looking at time but also how I am feeling Mostly I judge myself when we do long intervals on the roads. We run 4km at about 3:30 (per kilometre) pace. Then for one kilometre easier at 4:00 pace. We do that five times. If I finish that feeling like I can continue that’s when I know I am feeling good and ready to go I was very pleased about the result I had - with a very small preparation - for Hamburg, so that result was very good for me. I had a couple of small injuries along the way, so I had to scrap a couple of sessions I want to get a personal best and finish in the top three That is my aim. I want to be in top three. I think 2:23 or 2:22 is within reach Masai targeting 2:22 in Toronto,25 July 2019 “I want to get a personal best and finish in the top three,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “That is my aim. I want to be in top three. I think 2:23 or 2:22 is within reach.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “We moved a lot,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I was born in Mt. Elgon forest. After some point we moved to Kapsogom. Currently my parents are in Trans Nzoia district Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I met Jake in Iten because my sister Linet was staying in Iten. I had come to start training in Iten as well and was staying with her.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I had no idea,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “Not at all. I was excited about the proposal, but I don’t like big crowds so I kind of had mixed emotions. I am shy a little bit.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “Jake told me Toronto has a great organisation,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “He loves the city. He loves Toronto. And I am also a big fan of Raptors. I watched all the final games against Golden State.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I do run with him sometimes but, you know, even when he says he is going easy that is not easy for me. It is more than medium for me,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) We only have run together on a few occasions. Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “My manager, Gianni Demadonna, has a good ladies training group, I would say amongst the best in Kenya. We have eleven ladies (including Sharon Cherop, 2010 Toronto Waterfront winner) in my group and about six pacemakers. We only meet twice in a week because we do sessions on Tuesday and Friday. Friday is either a long run or long intervals on the road.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “Honestly, when I showed up for my debut, I think I was ready to do more than 2:28,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) But the race didn’t go as I planned. Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I was very pleased about the result I had - with a very small preparation - for Hamburg, so that result was very good for me. I had a couple of small injuries along the way, so I had to scrap a couple of sessions.” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “So far in my training not only am I looking at time but also how I am feeling,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “Mostly I judge myself when we do long intervals on the roads. We run 4km at about 3:30 (per kilometre) pace. Then for one kilometre easier at 4:00 pace. We do that five times. If I finish that feeling like I can continue that’s when I know I am feeling good and ready to go." Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) “I like watching football,” Masai targeting 2:22 in Torontoworldathletics(July 25, 2019) Though I am so hopeful to compete in a major marathon this new season but am still waiting for my management to confirm.” Toronto winner Masai hopes to break into big city marathon circuitpeopledaily.digital(January 06, 2020) “I have heard people talk about Boston it has a different kind of experience which I want to test myself, I know of London, Chicago, New York, Berlin and Tokyo.” Toronto winner Masai hopes to break into big city marathon circuitpeopledaily.digital(January 06, 2020) “Running track was my thing but I liked doing 10km. In the half marathon, my training was not far away from what marathoners were doing and one time I decided that I need to do one but it was not one year or one month of preparation.” Toronto winner Masai hopes to break into big city marathon circuitpeopledaily.digital(January 06, 2020) “It wasn’t a one year or one-month preparation. Since 2016, I had been preparing for a marathon and ran it in 2018. But the shift was not hard since I was doing some running work a while ago.” Toronto winner Masai hopes to break into big city marathon circuitpeopledaily.digital(January 06, 2020) “I used to run with them (senior males athletes) as they went for 35km run, I could stop at 30km. I was near them all the time. Though I stopped I felt like going further and that made it easy to run a marathon.” Toronto winner Masai hopes to break into big city marathon circuitpeopledaily.digital(January 06, 2020) “I am really excited to be going back to Toronto as this was the last race that I did and now am focused on my training as I prepare to defend my title.” Masai to defend title in Waterfront Marathonpeopledaily.digital(September 19, 2022) “I was supposed to be in Boston. I had an opportunity of doing well in a major marathon. But things did happen that were out of our control so we just lived with it.” Masai to defend title in Waterfront Marathonpeopledaily.digital(September 19, 2022) “Training is going on well in Iten and I hope to post my personal best in Vienna on my debut in a race that has been dominated by Kenyans.” Masai eye Vienna crown as she seeks Budapest slotThe Star(March 16, 2023) “I last represented the country in the 2015 Africa Championships, where I finished 4th in the 3,000m steeplechase. This is an opportunity for me to win the confidence of the Kenyan athletics authority,” Masai eye Vienna crown as she seeks Budapest slotThe Star(March 16, 2023) “ Kenyans have in the past performed well in the race and it's because of this that we are always invited for the race. I want to run well on my debut in the race to enter history books,” Masai eye Vienna crown as she seeks Budapest slotThe Star(March 16, 2023) “On my return, I did not manage to run well but at the moment, I have trained well for the championships,” Masai eye Vienna crown as she seeks Budapest slotThe Star(March 16, 2023) “It was a perfect race for me. I ran well and had some energy left for the last couple of kilometers.” https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/kenya/mailu-smashes-course-record-in-vienna-jubilee-race-17559 “I am very happy to have won, but I would have like to run a bit faster than 2:24.” https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/kenya/mailu-smashes-course-record-in-vienna-jubilee-race-17559 “It has been my dream for a long time to run a marathon together. We sisters will support each other and not compete against each other.” https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/kenya/team-masai-family-power-at-the-highest-level-in-frankfurt-18821 “We have now met again in Frankfurt for the first time in several months. We used to be very close and slept in the same room.” https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/kenya/team-masai-family-power-at-the-highest-level-in-frankfurt-18821 “Linet has a lot more work to do with the family than I do. She has two children, I have one.” https://www.athletics.africa/news/africa/kenya/team-masai-family-power-at-the-highest-level-in-frankfurt-18821 “After a break to recover my first training sessions went so well that I really wanted to run another marathon in the autumn.” Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt: “I am in the Form of my Life“frankfurt-marathon( October 20, 2025) “I am in the best shape of my life and did not want to waste it.” Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt: “I am in the Form of my Life“frankfurt-marathon( October 20, 2025) “Frankfurt is the perfect race for me. I am really excited to have the chance to come back!” Magdalyne Masai returns to Frankfurt: “I am in the Form of my Life“frankfurt-marathon( October 20, 2025) External links Category:Sportspeople from Kenya Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Marathon runners Category:Women from Kenya Category:Women in sports Category:Women born in the 1990s