Athletics Safaris

Perhaps more than anything else, Kenya is renowned all over the world for its superb track and field athletes. Since the 1960s, Kenya has produced more world class athletes, more world record holders and more Olympic Medalists in long distance running than any other country.

Kenya's history in Track and field goes as far back1951 when the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association was formed.

Kenyan women, who for years were unable to match the men, have come up strong and are now a force to recon with especially now that they have quite a number of wins in winning marathons and road races all over the world. Tegla Lorupe is now the world record holder in the women’s marathon. Catherine Ndereba won the Boston marathon in 2000.

In March 2007, the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place in Mombasa, Kenya was a great success. Kenya won most of the medals, the IAAF board was impressed on how the event was organised and executed.