Kenya: Runners head to town of Iten to up their game

Running tracks in the Kenyan town of Iten are often packed with hundreds of athletes. Sometimes training in clusters, some are Kenyan, whereas others have travelled from further afield.

All are here because the town, situated around 350km northwest of Nairobi, lies some 8000ft above sea level, and has produced some of the world’s top long distance runners.

Ryan Mex, who has travelled to the town from Malta, says, “why Iten? So I am a…