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 long- and middle-distance runners to watch during the London Olympics are from Kenya, a country with a rich tradition of producing elite track athletes. The country won 14 medals four years ago in ...

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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 ...