Week of October 24, 2009
Kenyan Runner
Salina stretches at a public track in Kakamega, near the prison where she sometimes works. She represents the prison system in provincial and national competitions. Photo by Stevie Mann.
Description
Salina Kosgei grew up in a small hut without water or electricity, the tenth child of subsistence farmers in rural Kenya. But that didn't slow her down. Each morning, Salina sprinted out of the hut — literally — and ran more than six miles to school, barefoot.
These days, it's 26-mile marathons she's running, and winning. In April, she won the Boston Marathon by less than one second. Now she's getting ready for the New York Marathon on November 1.
Jon Miller spent some time with Salina at home in Kenya, and filed this report.
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