Camp Summary

7 guests joined us in December 2021 for a unique insight into the Kenyan way of training, surrounded by expert coaches, pacers, and staff all here to make sure they had an experience of a lifetime. Highlights included some brilliant training sessions at Kipchoge Keino Stadium, which in recent months had seen a resurgence in popularity among local athletes after 2 years of limited use due to covid-19. We were lucky enough to train alongside marathon world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge. Sharing the track with Eliud and seeing him and his team at work was an incredibly inspiring experience, and it’s thanks to our incredible staff that we are able to take our guests to meet elite runners like Eliud.

Other training sessions included the Thursday morning fartlek session in Iten where hundreds of local runners meet for an fartlek over undulating trails, finishing a short jog away from the camp. This session is always a highlight among our guests as it really epitomizes what it means to train ‘the Kenyan way’. Coach Collins along with our team of pacers were running alongside us to ensure everyone had someone to train with once the wider group begins to string out.

Between training sessions we dug into some of the specifics of Kenyan training in seminars and discussions with our coaching team. Coach Collins drew on his experience as a elite athlete who trained both here in Iten at St Patrick’s High School and in the American Collegiate system, to speak with our guests about various aspects of running performance, while Willy Songok, a 63 minute half marathon man in his day, gave us a real insight into the Kenyan way of training.

As well as learning from our Kenya Experience coaching team, part of our camps is about getting to know some of the local elite athletes and sharing stories with them. We had a brilliant time chatting with Jonah Chesum, Paralympian and outright winner of Barcelona Marathon in a time of 2h09! Hearing about his training and experiences of representing Kenya at the London 2012 Paralympics was beyond inspiring and is sure to help keep everyone motivated for their own running long after the camp!

Earlier in the camp we had the privilege of meeting and running alongside the men’s marathon world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge. This camp was particularly special because a few days later we were also joined at the camp by the women’s world record holder, Brigid Kosgei, for a Q&A session, where we had the chance to discuss her training, racing, and day-to-day life of the world’s best marathoner. It’s not often you meet the two best marathon runners to have ever existed in the space of a few days, but that is the ‘magic of Iten’!

We were delighted to be joined on this camp by Matt Rees, who documented his time with us in Kenya for his ‘Kenya Training Camp’ YouTube series. You can check out one of his videos below, or head to his channel to see more great videos from his time at the Kenya Experience.

Outside of the running itself Coach Collins lead Kenyan style drills and technique sessions as well as core stability and strength classes where our guests were taught how the top Kenyan runners achieve there fluid and efficient running form. Coach Collins trained as a junior athlete at the famous St Patrick’s High School, the same school that has produced some of the best athletes in the world, including 800m world record holder, David Rudisha. Here Collins was taught the same drills and exercises that are used by top Kenyan runners and it is exactly these lessons that Collins is able to pass onto our Kenya Experience guests. 

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