David Kimani Mungai (born December 7, 1968) is a Kenyan mid- and long-distance runner.
[6][7] In the 1992 Great Bristol Half Marathon, Mungai and his training partner, Mutisya, started what would be a continual back-and-forth racing pattern.
Favorites included Mutisya, Olympian Ravil Kashapov, and Mexican Leonardo Reyes, top finisher at the Houston Marathon.
[11] Few recognized the 24-year-old Mungai, even though his half-marathon split in the 25K had set an age-group record in Minnesota (that as of January 2021 still stands).
[12][13] Mungai, Mutisya, Nzua and major-marathon winner William Musyoki formed a front pack around the lakes of Minneapolis.
As they crossed the Mississippi River onto Summit Avenue, toward mile-marker 22, Mungai surged ahead of the others.
[15] In 1993, Mungai ran a 10K personal best at the Crescent City Classic in New Orleans, Louisiana: finishing in 28:58.
On a redesigned course along the shore of Lake Erie[18] Mungai duked it out with Don Janicki, Russian Nazipov Makhametna, and Canadian Peter Maher to finish fourth in 2:13:40.
[32] Mungai has lived in Wyoming and Kenya and trained in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Schenectity, New York.