Worth knowing
Kenya
Most of Kenya's great runners come from the Kalenjin people of the Rift Valley. One of them, Eliud Kipchoge, ran the marathon distance in under two hours in 2019, the first person ever to do it.
Where its story happens
The Maasai Mara, at 1.49°S, 35.14°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Kenya
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Kenya, in East Africa, between Ethiopia and Tanzania. See Kenya on a map.
- The equator runs across it, and its coast is on the Indian Ocean.
- Every year more than a million wildebeest pour into its Maasai Mara reserve.
- Runners from its highlands have dominated the world's marathons for decades.
- A national park with wild lions and rhinos sits on the edge of this country's capital, skyscrapers in view.