Kaptagat is a settlement in Uasin Gishu County, in the southwestern part of Kenya. This part of the country, where the two counties of Uasin Gishu and Elgeyo Marakwet County share a border, is used by the majority of Kenyan professional long-distance runners to train for professional competition.[1] Eliud Kipchoge, the former marathon world record holder, who also doubles as the Tokyo Olympics and Rio Olympics marathon gold medalist, maintains a training camp in Kaptagat.[2]
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Kaptagat is a settlement in Uasin Gishu County, in the southwestern part of Kenya. This part of the country, where the two counties of Uasin Gishu and...
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his 800 m semi-final and did not qualify for the finals. Ngeny trains in Kaptagat. After initially seeking a track and field scholarship in the NCAA, the...
wife and three children live in Eldoret, Kenya. He lives and trains in Kaptagat, 30 km (19 miles) from Eldoret. He is a devout Catholic. In 2002, he won...
second at the 2021 Berlin Marathon. In 2018, Yegon came fourth at the Kaptagat Forest Half Marathon race. In 2019, he came second in the 10 kilometre...
2014 respectively. The Champions Monument is situated at the junction of Kaptagat and Nairobi roads and was erected in honour of retired, elite and upcoming...
medallist. They have a daughter, Alyn, born in June 2018. She trains in Kaptagat (and Kapsabet) coached since the end of 2017 by Patrick Sang, triple global...
drainage basin area of the Kerio River. One of the nearest villages is Kaptagat, located 10 kilometres west of Kimwarer on the Highlands. The nearest larger...
parts of the Kitany sub-location, Epke and Mosop. It inhabits from the Kaptagat forest eastwards to the Keiyo-Baringo border at Endo. The clan animal is...
retired later due to a knee injury. Today he operates a training camp in Kaptagat [1]. Tanui has also initiated two of Eldoret's most prominent events, the...
schools in Kenya between 1970 and 1991, which included Kessup Girls Schools, Kaptagat Preparatory School and Chebisaas High School. In 1989, Mulli sold all his...
Sparkassen Cup. She is based at the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat. 3000 metres - 8:48.16 min (2006) 3000 metres steeplechase - 9:16.94 min...
steeplechase. He is based at the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat. 1500 metres - 3:43.37 min (2005) 3000 metres steeplechase - 8:05.68 min...
61 min for the 1000 m at the Athletics Bridge in Slovakia. He trains in Kaptagat. He moved up to the senior ranks the year after and ran an indoor best...
Nyahururu) is a Kenyan runner who specialises in 1500 metres. She now lives in Kaptagat, where she attends PACE training camp. She took part at the 2007 world...
James Kwalia. He is based at the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat. 3000 metres - 7:30.62 min (2004) 5000 metres - 12:55.85 min (2005) Boniface...
competition. He is based at the PACE Sports Management training camp in Kaptagat. Shadrack Kosgei at World Athletics PACE Sports Management[permanent dead...
the 30K distance (1:27:37). Mutai grew up in Cheptigit, a village near Kaptagat, Uasin Gishu County in the Rift Valley Province, and his extended family...
set his personal best of 1:00:20 hours at the race in 2009. Hailing from Kaptagat in the Rift Valley Province, he began running in international competitions...
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