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 code has been copied to your clipboard. ITEN, KENYA — Kenya has long been known for its distance runners. But now its national cycling team is quickly gaining a reputation on the continent. The ...

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 ...

The plan was to live and train with the Kenyans for a few weeks and get some proper insight into why they’re so bloody good. I wasn’t born in the mountains. I didn’t run to school. Perhaps my best ...