John Kelai

John Ekiru Kelai (born 29 December 1976) is a male long-distance runner from Kenya, who specialises in the marathon.

He set his personal best of 2:09:09 hours for the distance at the 2005 edition of the Eindhoven Marathon, where he finished fourth.

[1] He was selected for the marathon at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and he moved away from the field in the final 10 km to become Commonwealth champion (only the second Kenyan man to take the title after Douglas Wakiihuri).

I didn't know I could be the winner", said Kelai, "I feel on top of the world".

[2] He stayed on in Asia for 2011, coming sixth at the Mumbai Marathon and third in Singapore.