Briton Moh Farah trains in Kenya .

[simplemind]

Farah in Kenya for London preps
January 17, 2014 by AGENCE FRANCE
PRESSE
MO-FARAH
NAIROBI, January 17
– Britain’s double Olympic and world
10,000m and 5,000m champion Mo
Farah arrived in Kenya on Friday for
four weeks of tough altitude training
in the Rift Valley ahead of his London
marathon debut in April.
The Somali-born runner will base his
training in Iten, some 340km (211 miles)
north-west of Nairobi, where he joins
up with six other British athletes who
arrived there earlier this month to
prepare for the Commonwealth Games
in Glasgow in August.
The athletes are staying in a high-altiude
training camp run by Kenyan-born
former world half-marathon record
holder, Lornah Kiplagat, where Farah has
spent much of his winter training for
the last six years.
The town, which sits at 2400m above
sea level, is also home to some of
Kenya’s finest marathon runners,
including Wilson Kipsang, the current
world men’s marathon record holder.
Farah will face Kipsang in a strong field
to compete in the London marathon on
April 13, where the 30-year-old will be
making his full marathon debut.
Kipsang’s compatriot and former
London marathon champion, Emmanuel
Mutai, has predicted a tough debut for
Farah, who has only raced up to the half-
marathon distance — with his last run
earning him a second-place finish in the
Great North Run in Britain last
September.

 

[Eric Cartman]

Come on Mo
Come on Britain
Rule Brittania
God save the queen