WA profiles Anyango who will make her world championships debut in Belgrade at World xc next Saturday (March 30).
“At times, I go for my own training run alone at 3am, and then I join the rest of the group for the 9am training,” says Anyango.
Since she's the breadwinner for her mother and siblings, she said she now feels like she's the "father" to the family.
“I am now like a father and a mother to my entire family in Litein, Kericho. That includes my mother and five siblings," says Anyango, who has a brother and four sisters. “I am a father to all of them, and I am happy to be like that to them. They are part of what motivates me to work hard in my training.”