Debunking myths about Kenyan athletes

While grappling with the old puzzle of just what it is that makes athletes from the North Rift world beaters on the race track, an old colleague framed the question in novel manner.

Rasna Warah sought to debunk the oft-advanced argument that runners from Nandi and Marakwet counties rise to greatness because they were used to running in rugged hilly country from childhood.