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READY TO SHINE: Keringet village waiting to celebrate World Cross Country success

Kenya's Josphat Kipkoech Bett competes in the final of the men's 10,000m athletics event at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on August 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / BEN STANSALL

At exactly 11am next Sunday, the world’s attention will be on the 42nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, Uganda.

Elite and upcoming athletes will be hankering after top prizes as they battle for honour, victory and, of course, disappointments.

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