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Hailing from Bomet in Kenya's Rift Valley Province, Cheruiyot's international debut was at the 2008 Frankfurt Marathon.[1] Since he was not experienced, he had to purchase his own way and turn in a time under 2:14:00 to be reimbursed.[1] He proceeded to surprise everyone, including himself, winning the race with a course record 2:07:21
Okari, who is just over six feet tall, prefers road races to the track. "With my long legs, I don’t like to go around the track for so many laps," he says. "I like to go in one direction. It is easier on the body and on the mind. When the gun goes off, I am already at the finish."
Yet even if he never runs another race, Okari has already achieved one great victory. About his mother’s advice to get on with his life, he says, "She now knows that she was wrong."