Her hosts, Hillary and Joseph, were two marathon runners. Eldoret is home of some of the most famous former and present marathon runners of Kenya and the whole world (since Kenya is the leading nation in that sport). In fact, the whole town is crazy about running. Almost everybody without job engages in marathon running, in hope to get out of poverty. For Karo it was immensely interesting to stay with two runners and to get a feeling about the lives they were living. Joseph and Hillary possessed hardly anything, but their running shoes and a hell lot of determination …
Karo's Journey 