Training for Olympic glory in a Kenyan town

Athletes run through a tea plantation during a national half marathon in the Nandi Hills, near the town of Eldoret in western Kenya, March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola

ITEN, Kenya (Reuters) - In Kenya's western town of Iten, known as the "Home of Champions" for drawing runners to train from around the world, athletes rise to pound the track and dirt roads at dawn.

    Kenyan athletics stars such as marathon world record holder Dennis Kimetto and Olympic 800 metre champion David Rudisha have slogged through their race preparations here, as well as Britain’s double Olympic and world champion Mo Farah and a host of others.