Samuel Muturi Mugo (born 2 May 1986) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long distance running, particularly the marathon.
He started out as a 5000 and 10,000 metres track runner and finished in the top three in the Shizuoka International 10,000 m from 2003 to 2005, improving his best time every year.
[5] The following year he took sixth place at the Sapporo race and set a personal best at the Marugame Half Marathon.
[14] Poor weather affected his attempt to defend his Beijing title and he finished sixth in one of the slowest races of the course's history.
[15] He returned again the following year and in spite of a slow start, he pulled back into second place and clocked a time of 2:09:43 hours behind Francis Kiprop.