A perfect example of how to run the Kenyan way

ALL the great champions invariably have one thing in common.

They serve as showcases for their sport, feeding your urge to pick up a racket, swing a club, push through a cue.

David Rudisha is no different. In gliding to victory in the World 800m final last August, he made bursting your lungs in a two-lap sprint appear the most languidly glamorous pursuit you could imagine. Watching the giant hold his head high, form perfect, as he ate up the Daegu track, you instinctively, if briefly, rolled off the belly of the couch and onto the balls of your feet.

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