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Athletes trade weapons for running shoes at Torongo camp

Athletes from Torongo athletics training camp, in a training session, in Sinonin village, Eldama Ravine. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

It's barely 4am and irregular beams of lights shining along the trails of Kapcholoi road silhouette figures of racing athletes, interrupting the tranquility of the sleepy Sinonin village that overlooks Koibatek forest, in Baringo County.

The crack of dawn exercise is a daily dose to the tens of athletes who could have otherwise been running for their lives in the volatile region.

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