Some famous Kenyan runners come from the district, including Saif Saaeed Shaheen (born Stephen Cherono) and Vivian Cheruiyot.
Vivian Stanshall | Vivian Balakrishnan | Vivian Hsu | Vivian Woodward | Vivian Campbell | Vivian Ellis | Vivian Harris | Justin Vivian Bond | John Charles Vivian | Vivian Johnson (Without a Trace) | Vivian Johnson | Vivian | David Vivian Currie | Vivian Vance | Vivian Schmitt | Vivian McGrath | Vivian Juan-Saunders | Vivian Cheruiyot | John Henry Vivian | John Cheruiyot Korir | Hussey Vivian | Henry Vivian | Henry Louis Vivian Derozio | Henry Harvey Vivian | Vivian Velez | Vivian Schilling | Vivian Ridler | Vivian Molyneux | Vivian Matalon | Vivian Malone Jones |
Mrisho was selected as one of three representative for Africa in the women's 5000 m at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup (along with Vivian Cheruiyot and Sentayehu Ejigu and she finished in fifth place.She won the adidas Women's 5K in Prague in September 2010, beating runner-up and defending champion Gladys Otero by a margin of seventeen seconds.