Rather, it’s about elevating together, something admittedly hard for much of the Western world to understand fully. That’s partially because the 59-year-old coach is private, as this book illustrates, but also because his coaching philosophy is not exclusively geared only for individual success. But I’ll bet most, like me, won’t know much of anything about Sang. If the name Kipchoge sounds familiar to you, bravo. Here, Gearhart seeks to understand the collective weave that reinforces greatness, the mentorship and coach dynamics that create the best marathoners the world has ever seen, and she does this by traveling nearly 8,000 feet above sea level to the Rift Valley to meet the legendary Patrick Sang, famous for being Eliud Kipchoge’s coach, as well as many other elite champions, including Geoffrey Kamworor, twice a winner of the New York City Marathon. (Photo: left, Carlos Álvarez-Montero right, Courtesy Pegasus Books) In We Share the Sun: The Incredible Journey of Kenya’s Legendary Running Coach Patrick Sang and the Fastest Runners on Earth (Pegasus Books, 2023), sportswriter Sarah Gearhart takes a headlong, behind-the-scenes look into the world of the Kenyan super-elite as she investigates less the physiology or Vo2 max advantages that erupt from this corner of the world, less about the comparative analyses of workout and training architecture, and more about the social ecology found at the Global Sports Communication training camp, in Kaptagat, Kenya, a small rural town at the western edge of the country, inland about 200 miles from Nairobi and an hour’s drive south from Iten. And, for many champions? It’s the coach Patrick Sang. But if there is one common denominator, in one specific location in Kenya, where champions are made, it’s in the Rift Valley of Kenya. But why? This question has been prodded and churned by many professionals, along many disciplines, and the answer is complicated and multivalent. It’s widely understood that Kenya has produced, is developing, and will continue to develop many of the world’s fastest and most formidable runners on Earth.
And Eliud Kipchoge, considered the best marathoner of all time, missed a water station and hiccuped his Boston marathon performance, but remains the greatest runner of our time. Hellen Obiri won the 127th Boston Marathon in one of the most exciting women’s races in history. In April, Kelvin Kiptum clocked the third-fastest marathon in the history of the sport at the London Marathon.
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