Slowing Pace and Drying Sweat: Athletes Adaptation into Retirement in the North- South Rift Regions of Western Kenya

This book examines athletes’ adaptation to retirement and thus analyses the subsisted athletic experiences and the opportunities and challenges among retired athletes in the North-South Rift Regions of Western Kenya. The study was informed by the need to examine in detail and document the impact and lived experiences of athletics among retired athletes in the North-South Rift Regions of Western Kenya. The study was bolstered by Social Constructivism theory and Self-efficacy theory to realise the above. The literature reviewed, global, regional, and local, helped identify the knowledge gap, hence the study’s justification. The philosophical paradigm that anchored this study was constructivist philosophy. The study established that subsisted experiences included controlled life and separation from family, travelling across the globe and the subsequent culture shock. Findings indicated double taxation, corruption, poor training facilities and doping as critical challenges. Others lacked the absorption capacity to invest the considerable money gained. The book thus recommends government-improved funding for sports and full implementation of the existing laws and policies. Further,