Naibei Sunday endured windy and chilling conditions on the 42 kilometre course set along the Elgeyo escarpment to win in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 43 seconds and take home the prize money of Sh1 million
His main challenger Joshua Kogo finished second in a time of 2:10:35 while Albert Kangogo came in third after clocking 2:11:46
In the women category, Jepchirchir broke away at 30 kilometres mark to win the race in a time of 2:28:33
Samuel Naibei and Caroline Jepchirchir are the winners of the inaugural Iten International Marathon.
Naibei Sunday endured windy and chilling conditions on the 42 kilometre course set along the Elgeyo escarpment to win in a time of two hours, eight minutes and 43 seconds and take home the prize money of Sh1 million.