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Geoffrey Kamworor during The National Police Service Cross Country Championship at Ngong Race Course onSaturday Jan 26, 2019. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

It’s no doubt that the last week of March since 2011 – save for 2012 and 2013–to date, stands out in athletics circles as the “Geoffrey Kamworor week.”

In 2011, he won world cross country junior title in Punta Umbria, Spain and then chalked up wins at world cross country (2013 and 2015) and world half marathon titles (2014, 2016 and 2018).

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