The Swiss Side Iten
Stay for free at The Swiss Side when coming with Friends ! Special offer for groups.
The Swiss Side Iten launches a special offer, valid for groups of runners from 3 people. When coming as a group, you benefit of special...
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The Swiss Side
- Nov 28, 2023
The origins of Iten - Home of Champions
The village of Iten in Kenya, internationally recognized as the Home of Champions, has gradually acquired a worldwide reputation thanks...
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The Swiss Side
- Jul 23, 2023
Five reasons why Yoga is the best kept secret for runners!
Yoga is an ancient practice that has been used for thousands of years to help people achieve physical, mental, and spiritual wellness....
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The Swiss Side
- Jul 23, 2023
St-Patrick School of Iten : The source of the legend
People are often questioning the origin of the success of Iten for athletics. The explanation is indisputably tightly related to the...
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The Swiss Side
- Mar 1, 2023
The legendary Kamariny Stadium of Iten is back to Life!
The Kamariny Stadium is probably the most mythical place of Iten - Home of Champions. Its re-opening in February 2023 is the opportunity...
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The Swiss Side
- Oct 23, 2022
Live broadcasting events at The Swiss Side Iten
Iten is a peaceful place and few events take place around. To entertain our guests and locals, we are glad to propose a live broadcasting...
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The Swiss Side
- Oct 22, 2022
Iten Home of Champions - Transfers from Eldoret Airport
Since October 2022, The Swiss Side Iten owns a Toyota Hiace 4 wheels drive (see picture above). A vehicle that can be rent for your...
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The Swiss Side
- Oct 22, 2022
The Swiss Side launches its pacers and runners-guides service
The region of Iten may be unknown to you or you just feel that it will be hard for you to follow the kenyan groups ? No worries, The...
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The Swiss Side
- May 19, 2022
Meeting with ... Meraf Bahta
Meraf is one of the first athlete who gave us her confidence, in October 2021. Since April 2022, she is back at our place, and it was the...
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The Swiss Side
- Jan 11, 2022
Weekly core classes with Julian Alonso
Once a week, we propose you to join the core class of the amazing Julian Alonso from Argentina. He dispenses his classes at The Swiss...
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The Swiss Side
- Jan 11, 2022
Professional sport massages for everyone at The Swiss Side
We are delighted to offer you some traditional kenyan massages at The Swiss Side. This offer is available for runners such as visitors...
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The Swiss Side
- Jan 11, 2022
Exclusive in Iten : Professional Cryotherapy bath and sauna
Our brand new professional cryotherapy bath and sauna are now available, speeding up your recovery, as well as treating long term...
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The Swiss Side
- Jan 11, 2022
First Bike rental station in Iten !
Located at The Swiss Side Shop, the first Bike rental station of Iten - Home of Champions is now available. Mountain bikes of all size...
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The Swiss Side
- Oct 18, 2021
Presentation of the Swiss Side Shop
The Swiss Side Shop welcomes runners passing through Iten, Kenya and provides them some unique services such as bike rental, cryotherapy...
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The Swiss Side
- Oct 18, 2021
Our next Training Camps dates are available : April & October 2022
We are pleased to announce you the dates of our next 12 days discovery training camps which will take place in Iten, Kenya, in April and...
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The Swiss Side
- Jun 3, 2021
Julien Wanders becomes the Godfather of The Swiss Side !
We are glad to officially announce Julien Wanders as the Godfather of The Swiss Side ! The elite swiss runner of 25 years old, current...
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The Swiss Side
- May 31, 2021
Our Running Training Camps 2021 dates are available !
We are pleased to announce you the dates of our next 8 days discovery training camps which will take place in Iten, Kenya, in July and...
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© 2021 by The Swiss Side Iten
The Swiss Side in Iten is the perfect place for your training camp in Kenya. Our high altitude international center welcomes visitors from all around the world all the year round.
Regularly placed as the best training camp of the village of Iten, our center provides you all facilities needed by runners for a successful training camp in high altitude: cryotherapy, sauna, traditional Kenyan massages, gym for runners and a scenic restaurant at its top, offering a unique view of the village of Iten.
The Kenya Experience mindset, symbolized by the famous “Go Hard or Go Home” is experienced daily by the runners on the red soil roads around Iten. In the running groups of the village, you can train with world and Olympic champions and sometimes world record holders. A unique experience that might allow you to find the secret of Kenyan running, and answer to that famous question: why are Kenyan runners so fast ?
Runners especially appreciate to visit mythical locations around such as the Kamariny stadium, which has a really unique history and re-opened in February 2023. Another point of interest of Iten – Home of Champions is the visit of the St-Patrick School where the story of running in Kenya has begun in 1961. If you are lucky, you might meet Brother Colm O’Connell and visit the Museum of the high school.
The variety of services proposed at The Swiss Side is wide. The runners especially appreciate our cryotherapy ice bath, as well as the sauna. This offer is unique around the Rift Valley and overally in Kenya. It allows a quick recovery for the runners, after their track session and their long runs. Visitors in Iten also appreciate to rent a bicycle among one of our Mountain Bikes and Gravels models, allowing them to visit the surroundings of Iten in the best conditions.
Most of the travelers joining Iten – Home of Champions aim to improve their running skills and experience high altitude, but some are also coming to do tourism in Kenya, experience safaris and hikes.
Our travel offer is wide: safari in Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara, paragliding in Iten, agro-tourism in Nandi Hills, boat rides in Lake Baringo and Lake Naivasha, hikes in Kessup and Torok Waterfall, in Mount Elgon and Mount Kilimanjaro, time-off on the beach in Mombasa and Diani. With The Safari Side, there is a travel in Kenya for all tastes. Detail us your personal dream travel, and a customized safari will be prepared just for you. Check out our safari packs departing from Iten and Nairobi for durations of 3 to 12 days.
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