thus cannot be classified as a marathon. Nevertheless, the half marathon event of Lewa Marathon has allured many Kenyan international runner and the event has been won by Paul Tergat, Catherine Ndereba and Joyce Chepchumba in recent years. Many Kenyan runners are affiliated to governmental organisations like Armed Forces, Kenya Prisons or Kenya Police, which provide livelihood as well as training. In addition there are several private athletics clubs, like Mfae (based in Nyahururu) and Kiptenden (based in Kericho). Athletics Kenya operates an Athletics Museum in Riadha House, Nairobi. The museum was opened on November 1, 2006. AK has been awarded the Kenyan Sports Federation of the Year award in 2006 2009 and 2010 National championships Athletics Kenya is responsible for holding the national championships and selection trials to Olympic and World Championship competitions. 2015 Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials 2016 Athletics Kenya Olympic Trials Chairmen Derek Erskine (1951–1964) Musembi Mbathi (1964–1968) Bartonjo Rotich (1968–1972) Charles Mukora (1972–1974) Sam Ongeri (1974–1984) Paul Boit (1984–1992) Isaiah Kiplagat (1992-2015) Jackson Tuwei (2015-Present) Kit suppliers Kenya's kits are currently supplied by Nike. See also List of Kenyan records in athletics Kenya national athletics team References Mr. Derek: The racing guru who started amateur athletics in Kenya Informative site about Kenyan women runners Athletics Kenya Chairmen External links Kenyan Athlete Athletics Kenya Athletics Kenya Museum List of Kenyan Championships winners Kenyanrunners.com Kenya Athletics in Kenya Sports governing bodies in Kenya National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1951 1951 establishments in the British Empire