Mary named the club “Nala,” which means a powerful woman or a lioness in Africa. ![]() The club is located in Nyahururu Town, a four-hour drive from the Kenyan capital Nairobi. To address these issues, Mary has created the Nala Track Club, which opened in October 2022 and currently supports eight girls aged between 14 and 22. “Some are getting pregnant, dropping out of camp because maybe the coaches or the pacers are trying to harass them.” “Being abused by men, harassed, intimidated, not being able to be themselves,” she lists for BBC Sport Africa. ![]() Mary received her training and education at a mixed-gender camp when she was a junior, where she witnessed the problems that young girls face when pursuing a career in athletics. Mary Ngugi, a two-time gold medalist at the World Half Marathon Championships and one of Kenya’s leading athletes, has launched the country’s first girls-only running camp.
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