Nairobi, Jan. 28 -- Kapsait Athletics Training Camp in Elgeyo-Marakwet County has been on the news of late, thanks to Brigid Kosgei's awe-inspiring performances in athletics that saw her break the world marathon record on October 13.
Kosgei, who trains and resides in Kapsait, timed 2 hours, 14 minutes and four seconds in Chicago Marathon last year to break Briton Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old record by a minute and 24 seconds.
World Under-20 5,000 metres champion Edward Zakayo is also a Form Four student at the Kapsait Athletics Secondary School housed in the same compound.
Lately, the camp has been receiving prominent visitors. On Monday, Koji Jitsukawa who is the executive director and head of Africa Region at Yamanashi Gakuin Universi...