Career
Her personal bests for the events are 67:39 minutes and 2:27:29 hours, respectively. Early career
She began training with GS Valsugana Trentino, an athletics club in Trento, Italy, and made a successful half marathon debut in September 2005, taking third place at the high profile Lille Half Marathon with a time of 74:02 minutes. She ran for the club in track races in 2006 and 2007, but did not have the same levels of performance as she did on the roads.
A series of road victories came in 2009.
She had a close battle with Meseret Mengistu at the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale, but ended up in second place to her Ethiopian rival. Kiprop was mainly a runner-up in 2010, starting at the Alicante Half Marathon, then the Paderborner Osterlauf, Hambaurg Alsterlauf and Singelloop Utrecht.
She did not compete in 2011. She reached new heights in 2012 and was runner-up at the Berlin Half Marathon in a time of 68:26 minutes, just one second behind Philes Ongori.
She travelled to South America for the first time and came third at the Bogotá Half Marathon.
A close third at the Delhi Half Marathon in November was her last big road race that year. Marathon running
The RAK Half Marathon proved to be a very fast race, with four women under 67 minutes – Kiprop"s personal best time of 67:39 minutes for sixth place was the fastest ever recorded for such a low position. Her fast performances earned her an invite to the 2013 Berlin Marathon and on her debut run she recorded a time of 2:28:02 hours for the distance, ending in fourth place in the top level competition.
March"s Seoul International Marathon saw Kiprop top the podium over the classic distance for the first time.
Her run of 2:27:29 hours was a personal best and enough to fend off Ashu Kasim in the final kilometres of the race. 5000 metres – 15:33.90 minimum (2007)
10,000 metres – 33:03.8 minimum (2009)
10K run – 31:19 minimum (2013)
Half marathon – 67:39 minimum (2013)
Marathon – 2:27:29 hrs (2014).