Nestled six hours northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, sits the small town of Iten. At 8,000 feet above sea level, Iten is marked with lush vegetation and striped with Kenya's iconic red clay roads. Running ...

ITEN, Kenya (AP) — As dawn breaks over the sleepy town of Iten, its dusty tracks come alive with packs of runners keeping rhythm, often followed by cheerful children headed to school. Some of the ...

The town of Iten, perched on an escarpment in western Kenya a mile and a half above sea level, holds an elevated place in the sports world as a training ground for elite long-distance runners.

At 7 a.m. in Iten, Kenya, overladen trucks and tractors putter down rutted dirt roads. Cattle and sheep roam randomly, some followed by 5-year-old boys in Simpsons T-shirts. Navigating around this ...

Enda, a brand committed to improving life in Kenya and creating new jobs in the region, has designed a running shoe inspired by that country’s culture. Kenyan athletes are known for being the best ...

Overlooking Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, there is a small but chaotic town that breeds the next generation of Olympic stars. Perhaps it’s the high-altitude at Iten that continues to draw an ...

Iten, a small town in the Great Rift Valley, became the long-distance-running capital of the world. Then, within a span of six months, two élite athletes were found dead.

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