Moti says he fell in love with junior runners since they are easy to groom and are also part of his daily undertakings as a career teacher and thus can understand their strengths, weakness and challenges. However, just like many other parts of the country where training facilities is a major challenge, Chewoyet has not been left behind. The runners train on public roads and footpaths and the stadium at the school does not have a running track. Many junior runners are taking to marathons and road running which most often than not sees them fail to realise their potential due to burn-outs. “As a country, our prowess in track running is fading out fast because we have failed in guiding our young runners.

Source: The Star August 12, 2020 01:52 UTC