 Kipyego akaberekerwa kuKemeloi mudunhu reMarakwet kuKenya, uye akatanga kufarira kumhanya daro refu nemukoma wake, Christopher Kipyego, uyo aiva mumhanyi wemarathon. Munununa wavo, Sally Kipyego, aizovawo mumhanyi ane unyanzvi. Akatanga kukwikwidza mumakwikwi emamita zviuru zvitatu achiri kuyaruka, achisarudza chiitiko chimwe chete chehunyanzvi semukwikwidzi wepasi rose akaberekerwa munzvimbo iyi Moses Kiptanui. Kusarudzwa kwake kwokutanga kwenyika yose kweKenya kwaiva 1999 World Youth Championships muAtletics, uko akauya wechisere mumakwikwi emamita 3000. Akabatana neColm OConnells St. Patricks chikoro muIten muna 2000 uye kubudirira kwakatevera nguva pfupi yapfuura: aive menduru yesirivheri mu steeplechase pa2001 African Junior Athletics Championships kumashure kwaEzekiel Kemboi. 