Super-talented and friendly neighbor

Joshua Cheptegei has built his new family house on a hill next to our Guesthouse. Once in a while he drops by at Home of Friends, to meet his coach (Addy Ruiter), enjoy a cup of African tea with fellow Ugandan runners or to play a game of netball. At the age of 23 years, our super-talented and friendly neighbor has already harvested a bunch of golden medals.

Joshua’s golden medals

An overview of Joshua Cheptegei’s most important wins are:

• World Champion Junior 10.000m. in Oregon (2014)

• Winner ‘Seven Hills Run’ (2015-2018) and world record 15km. road (2018)

• Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 5km. and 10km. (2018)

• World Cross Country in Aarhus (2019)

• Diamond League Finals 5.000m. in Zurich (2019)

• World Champion 10.000m. track in Doha (2019)

• World record 5.000m. track (2020)

Run in the footsteps of Uganda’s running champions

Do you dream of becoming an elite runner? Kapchorwa is the cradle of Uganda’s running talent and home to 95% of Uganda’s Olympic athletes. With spectacular trails at 2.000m. and above, it is the perfect base to enhance your performance.

Interested to run in the footsteps of Joshua Cheptegei and other local heroes? Check out the Run Kapchorwa website!

This blog is written by Daan Oxener, a Dutch sports & tourism entrepreneur based in Kapchorwa and manager of Home of Friends Guesthouse