El Dorado: "run into Kenya township" (Photos)

����Champion Township, welcome to Aiteng

In the afternoon El Dorado (ELDORET) Airport, blue days not see a trace of clouds, the wind. BeforeNairobiOr shorts and T-shirts, to El Dorado for long scarf or a bit weiliang. Off the plane, see the "welcome to El Dorado" slogan. The airport is not big, but clean and simple, modern, European and American airport wind.

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And toKenyaMost of the animal SAFARI tourists of different, to El Dorado is more slender strong runners, sporadic and we do long-distance lovers.

WELCOME TO ELDORET, HOME OF CHAMPIONS, is another sign out of the airport to see. Yes, the altitude of 2400 meters in the western highlands of Kenya City, Kenya is the most famous and even the world run Township, outstanding sprinter Kenya many are from here, here also has created more than 40 world champion runners. In El Dorado, running is the local people's way of life, but they struggle with the fate of the capital.

Here was the birth of more than 40 world champion runners

Because of the high altitude, playing a good physical condition for athletes; secondly, from the industrial and city here, without external interference; thirdly, because the plateau has no effect on diseases such as malaria, many foreign athletes are willing to come here to practice. Of course, here a long running tradition and gathered in the world running master also for other ordinary athletes have set a role model, looked at from time to time ran past world champions, in here training young people think, if you train hard, you also have hope of success.

Therefore, El Dorado also gradually became the track and field is acknowledged as the best in the world of long-distance training, there are more than 400 fromEurope, america,AsiaAs well asAfricaCountries gathered in the many outstanding athletes, including the world champion, Olympic champion and world record holder.

"Prairie, Chaoyang and running barefoot girl, typical pictures this is Kenya 'long town' El Dorado morning daily." This remark is not false, we drive from El Dorado to 30 kilometers Aiteng (Iten) along the way, every few hundred meters, can always see people in groups of three and four more on the side of the road running. Not only is there are a lot of black, white, with a high-grade sportswear, some just general clothing, all in the field of tireless running, the background is the valley or forest, car, dusty.

Our destination is Aiteng, 30 kilometers away from El the Great Rift Valley town of Eldoret edge, there is the real "long town". The outstanding athletes from Kenya many Aiteng within a mile radius around the "champion, known as" the cradle of St. Patrick's high school here. Now, there are more than 20 long distance running training base Aiteng around, most of them founded by the famous athletes, coaches or sports agency, we will visit the long-distance training center is one of the plateau.

WELCOME TO ITEM, HOME OF CHAMPIONS. Edo's title Xiang emboldened apparently Buel Eldoret came foot. El Dorado slogan is biased towards the side of the road, and Aiteng is written as a banner high across the road, both sides also have two vertical column four or five meters high, like the line running, also like the door to champion township.

Here are 2400 meters above sea level, track and field is regarded as the best in the world running training. The town, was born more than 40 world champion runners; there are more than 20 long distance running training base Aiteng around, there are more than 400 athletes from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa countries to train here, including the world champion, Olympic champion and world record holder; and his rented house trained athletes are simple thousands of; you see a runner in the mountain trails, cannot say he is a world champion, and more will be the champion of the future.

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