Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much.
“She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You always knew when she was home.”
Cheptegei had a chicken coop wherever she lived. Earlier this year, she built a house in the Kenyan village of Kinyoro, funded by her recent success — she won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2022, and finished second in last year’s Florence Marathon.
That championship feeling for Rebecca Cheptegei 🇺🇬🏆✨
She’s crowned queen of the Classic Up & Down at the #WMTRC in #AmazingThailand 👑
Silver 🥈 for Annet Chemengich Chelangat 🇺🇬,
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