or heading out to visit friends instead of training twice a day.After our run, we head out too. We’re going to visit another famous training camp in the area: Kipchoge Keino’s High Performance Training Centre in Eldoret. When we arrive at the camp, coach

It’s Monday morning at 5:30am. Today is considered an easy day on the Kenyan training schedule so we go for a gentle run from the High Altitude Training Camp down to the Kamariny Stadium. The track’s deserted because it’s raining but we decide to do

is clear this morning when the sun comes up around 6am. Runners have by the gates of the camp to train. They set off in small groups to tackle the first training run of the day. It might be a slow recovery run for 60 minutes, or hill repeats on the main

and leaves his home in Iten to train somewhere else for several days.When Wilson is running, he trains at the track at Kamariny Stadium too. I head there after lunch to attempt for the first and last time to keep up with some Kenyan runners. I’ve been in Iten