Kenyan runners run solo half marathons to compete in virtual race

Fancy Chemutai breaks course record at the 38th Gothenburg half marathon in Sweden on May 20, 2017. [Cate Mukei]

With the coronavirus pandemic cancelling races the world over, a group of 30 elite Kenyan runners spread across the country ran half marathons all by themselves in a virtual race.

The runners — 20 men and 10 women — had been training for the Wuhan Marathon that was to be held this week before it was postponed when the coronavirus outbreak first emerged in China.