He has a personal best of 2:05:13 hours for the event and has won races in Mombasa, Gyeongju and Seoul.
Hailing from Lodwar in Kenya's Turkana District, Loyanae began running in marathon races in his native country in 2010.
[1] He ran in his first foreign race in October 2011 at South Korea's Gyeongju International Marathon and he won with a personal best time of 2:09:23 hours.
[2] His next outing was again in South Korea, this time at the higher profile Seoul International Marathon, and he managed to continue his winning streak.
Beating the more favoured Kenyans, James Kipsang Kwambai and Eliud Kiptanui, he knocked almost four minutes off his best time to set a course record of 2:05:37 hours – a mark which moved him into the top 30 runners of all time.