One of Guyana’s premier distance runners over the last few years, Winston Messigher has his eyes set on becoming undoubtedly the top runner in the country during the 2017 season.
Winston Messigher
Messigher has already gotten off to a convincing start by winning the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Cross Country race on Sunday in Linden.
The Linden-born runner believes he can achieve this goal because he will be training twice as hard as he did last year and knows what his mistakes were and will improve on them in the new season.
“Christmas season over and I will begin training this week to be the best runner in Guyana and that is a promise,” Messigher said when speaking to Guyana Times Sport
Messigher pointed out that at the end of 2016 he was troubled with an injury and opted not to risk it so decided against participation in the previous Cross Country race which was held in the national park in Georgetown. However, the determined Lindener badly wanted to defend his title in the Linden leg and so he did.
However, looking at the 2017 season, Messigher has stated that he will be looking to capitalize on the annual race meets and is confident he can beat his rival Cleveland Forde in the upcoming races.
Messigher pointed out the annual Massy 10K race is one such race he wants to prove that he can beat Forde and Cleveland Thomas, though the Courts 10K title is the race he is wants to win the most. Forde and Messigher were locked neck and neck in 2016’s Courts 10K but coming into the last stretch on Main Street, heading to the Courts Main Branch for the finish, Messingher gave up and allowed Forde to race away with the title for the fifth time in six editions.
If Messigher is to win in 2016, he will have to run better than he has ever run in his career a fact he is well aware of.
“I know to be the best this year I will have to run to the best of my ability but I am not just running to win, I am running to break my personal record,” Messigher said.
The distance runner highlighted that it will not be an easy road as he has to work all day and then train. “I train in the morning before work and after work I go and train again, it is not easy because after work I am tired but I want to win so I do what I have to do,” Messingher mentioned.
