Beijing2008/Catherine Ndereba

Marathon Kenya Age: 36

The current women's world marathon champion, a title she also held in 2003, Ndereba also took a silver at the 2004 Olympics, and in 2001 broke the world record. She lives and trains in Nairobi with her husband, Anthony. Ndereba comes from a family of runners — her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia, who were brought up with her on the southwestern slopes of Mount Kenya, also run marathons. Runners in Kenya are often employed by the government, but are expected to at least train for a government service — Ndereba joined the Kenya Prisons College to become a prison guard. Anthony joined the service in the same year — that is how they met — and is a prison guard today. In 1997, she took time off to give birth to her daughter, Jane. With his wife away so much, Anthony is also something of a househusband, an arrangement that has made the pair into something of a model for the modern Kenyan couple. Not everyone likes that model. Asked about what she told people back home who disapproved of her being away from her family while training and competing, Ndereba said, with obvious irony: "I tell them if I have nothing to sacrifice, I have nothing to gain."

马拉松 肯尼亚 年龄：36

当今的世界女子马拉松冠军，也是2003年的女子马拉松冠军，恩德雷巴也获得过2004年奥运会的银牌，并在2001年打破了世界最好成绩。她的生活和训练都和丈夫一起在内罗毕进行。恩德雷巴来自一个长跑之家——他的兄弟萨缪尔和姐妹阿纳斯塔西亚也都是马拉松运动员。他们三人都在肯尼亚山脉的西南坡长大。肯尼亚的长跑运动员一般都为政府工作，而且要相应地参加与工作相关的培训项目。恩德雷巴在肯尼亚监狱学院接受培训，并成为了一名狱警。她的丈夫安东尼与她同一年接受培训，这就是他们相遇的原因。她现在也是一名狱警。1997年，她抽出了些时间，生了个女儿，叫Jane。由于妻子常年在外，安东尼某种程度上是一名“家庭主夫”。他俩的这种生活方式可以说是当代肯尼亚的模范夫妻档。不是所有人都喜欢这样的夫妻档。当她被问到回到家，如何向那些对她一直在外训练比赛有意见的人解释时，恩德雷巴带着讽刺说：“我告诉他们，没有付出，就没有回报。”