In April 2026, Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe became the first person to officially run the marathon in under two hours. This ...

ITEN, Kenya: Thousands of feet above the Great Rift Valley that runs through East Africa, the small city of Iten, Kenya, calls itself the Home of Champions. It has long produced and attracted ...

A new study reveals troubling mental health ramifications for Kenyan runners facing bans from the sport. Amid a major doping crisis that’s plagued the East African nation for decades, the research ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A Catholic church in Eldoret, an epicenter of global long-distance running in the north Rift Valley region of Kenya, is in the spotlight after a runner prayed there and later ...

Benson Kipruto, 34, and Hellen Obiri, 35, both from Kenya, secured victory in the TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, an Olympic bronze medalist, narrowly beat fellow Kenyan Alexander ...

Runners compete in the Townhall Athletics Club Time Trials in Eldoret, Kenya, on May 7, 2025. (Video: Malin Fezehai for The Washington Post) A recruiting drive in Kenya is changing the face of U.S.

Kenya is on the brink of being kicked out of international athletics competitions as a number of athletes get sucked into doping scandals. As the athletics world absorbs the surging number of Kenyan ...

A Catholic church in Eldoret, an epicenter of global long-distance running in the north Rift Valley region of Kenya, is in the spotlight after a runner prayed there and later won the London Marathon.