Did you know that Elgeyo Marakwet is home to famous athletes like David Rudisha, Lornah Kiplagat and Wilson Kipsang? How many times have you beamed with pride after hearing our national anthem play at international marathons and the Olympics? And when people say, ‘he was running, like a Kenyan’? Our might in Marathons has seen us turned into a simile. We largely owe this feat to the men and women who fly the Kenyan flag high after training in the hills of Elgeyo Marakwet.