The 4th annual KATA Double Road Race 15k will be held Sept 14, 2024 in Thika, Kenya. Start and finish plus half time break will be based not far from KATA.

Double Racing was createdby Bob Anderson in the summer of 2010. Seven small events were staged by Ujena Fit Club in Mexico between Oct 2010 and Oct 2012 called the Bob Anderson 15k Challenge. The name was changed to the Double Road Race in 2012.

The first official Double Road Race was heldDecember 23, 2012. Nearly 1400 people registered for the Pleasanton, California event.The title event was the Double 15k. It's a 10k followed by a 5k with a break in between. The time when the second leg starts is called the restart. The 5k leg starts one hour and 45 minutes after the start of the 10k.

"Double Racing is do able for runners at all levels. It is a new challenge for many while others have done many already," says creator Bob Anderson who also founded Runner's World magazine in 1966.

Bob Anderson staged two doubles in Kenya in the past. One in Thika in 2014 and one in Nyahururu in 2015. Both were the Double 21k (10 miles + break + 5k).

It was during those trips that Bob came up with the idea of setting up a training camp in Thika. He officially opened KATA (Kenyan Athletics Training Acdemy) Sept, 2021 and staged the first Double 15k in all of Africa on September 4, 2021. Donikal Komon was the winner that day clocking 44:42 (which was the fourth best time ever and the fastest in all of Africa). Joseph Njoroge ran two seconds faster in 2022.

KATA Double 15k 2021

Start of first leg 10k in 2021

Bob Anderson at 2021 event

2022 KATA Double 15k

2021 Double 15k

2022 eating some fruit during the break between the 10k and 5k

Sept 2 2023

2023 Double 15k

2023 race was fast

2023 results

2023 results

2023 event

2023 event. Bernard Musau won with a total time of 44:32 which is the fastest time ever in Kenya and tied as the third best all-time result.