Chemonges hopes he can act as a springboard for selection in the Ugandan team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He said his next outing is to make the Uganda team for Olympics. "I will do something at Lake Biwa, I must do something," Chemonges said.

"I have brought the right mindset to training, so that I love training. But I also know I must get the right rest and eat at the right time, and I have just tried to follow these things," he added.

Chemonges trains alongside the likes of 2017 Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich and Jackson Kiprop, a World Championship and Olympic marathoner, as part of a new training group in Kapchorwa, Uganda, which has acted as a huge boost for his preparations for big races.

"I never train alone. We train as a team and our performances show the whole world what a great advertisement it is to work together," he said.

The Ugandan, 24, shattered his personal best by more than four minutes to set a stunning national record of 2:05:12 at the 2019 Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

Other Kenyans at Lake Biwa Marathon are Paul Kuira (2:11:58), Michael Githae (2:09:21) and (Samuel Ndungu (2:06:02) and Macharia Ndirangu (2:07:53).

There is also Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania who was sixth in last year's race clocking 2:08:27.

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