More testing times for Kenyan athletics as running reputation reaches new low

The red carpet has been rolled out this week to parade some of the former winners of the New York City Marathon, and organisers are hoping, if not praying, their running reputation will still be intact by the time the race is run.

That may or may not be a slight exaggeration, but such is the relentless pace at which former big city marathon winners from Kenya are being caught for various doping offences, it’s become increasingly hard to keep up.