Michael Saruni and Jonah Koech prepare for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Bret Bloomquist/El Paso Times
Almost once a day, usually in the afternoons but last week it was late morning, an extraordinary group of El Paso athletes gets together and spends an hour or so making each other better.
Emmanuel Korir established himself as one of the world's best 800-meter runners last year, Michael Saruni is doing that this year.
Before they came to El Paso, there was Jonah Koech, now a junior, the old man of UTEP's extraordinary Kenyan middle-distance crew.