Elias Kiptum, Slyvester Cheruiyot and other Iten athletes training in the mistry November weather. Picture: Jackie Lebo
IT IS NOVEMBER; THE SHORT RAINS HAVE been particularly heavy this year, making Iten even colder than usual.
There is an incessant drizzle, the kind that is bearable for a short while even without an umbrella, but over a length of time soaks through to the skin, chilling you to the bone; at the end of the day, it feels worse than a heavy downpour.
