Gladys Boss Shollei has revealed that she has always wanted to be an athlete, but her dreams lost meaning after she was pressured to having a good and prestigious life.
The Uasin Gishu Woman Representative, in a candid interview with radio host Massawe
She ended up studying law which she said was not her passion.
“I am an athlete since my hey days. I have participated in Lewa Marathon. I regret not pursuing my dreams of being an athlete during my school days; because I was a very good runner. But I blame this on peer pressure,” Shollei revealed.
Shollei said female runners were always met with mockery during her youthful years, something which demoralized her.
“During those days, female runners were nicknamed ‘hero-metric’ a phrase picked from a famous Kipchoge Keino advert where he would appear and say ‘hero-metric, definitely a long distance runner’.
“I couldn’t stand the mockery so I quit running because I wanted to be posh. I started doing swimming and tennis.
“These days I regret because had I been an athlete, I would be billionaire right now. I ended up being a lawyer and am yet to make much money as these athletes,” said the former chief registrar of the Judiciary.