Athletics in Kenya

Kenya as a country is located on the African continent on the Eastern part of Africa . As a political entity it is barely one hundred years old .The country attained independence from the British colonialist in 1963 .As with many countries , Kenya is renown world over for its prowess in the sport of athletics .Since her inception , as a Republic in 1963 , Kenya has won many medals in competitions world over .

One would be mistaken to think that the country is dotted with many ultra modern sports facilities country wide . Due to its feats on the global arena in the field of athletics .The country might not have the modern facilities enjoyed by the developed world but this has not stopped it from being one power to reckon with in the field of athletics . the success of the the country in derived from the natural training environment . Most of the nations athletes hail from the areas of high altitude such as :iten , uasin gishu , kaptagat , and the larger nandi district . This high altitude is ideal for training as it build the body cells and makes one to be able to endure long distance running ,Finally when it comes to the real race , at the local and the international levels , the athletes body having been fine tuned , due to the rigorous training is made perfect , and becomes and ideal machine for winning races .

Most young people start running at a young age thus also contributing to the development of the athletics talent in the county , this leads to the development of these young runners into world class runners by the coaches and mentors who develop them to full potential. Kenyas dominance in the long distance races has been evident over the years . Runners from Kenya have won many marathons world wide , such races have been :Boston , London, newyork , Chicago and many others .Kenya has also won each and every steeple chase race since the Olympics’ in Seoul.

No country has ever dominated in a race as long as this , the 3000 metres steeple chase has been the countries specialty in track and field .Kenya is truly the athletics power house on the African continent due to her long standing tradition of winning in the major races .