From scenic running routes to vintage shopping in flea markets, the founder of We Run Nairobi shows you how to fall for the city on foot.

" Nairobi is a city best understood in motion," says Emily Chepkor , founder of We Run Nairobi , the city's biggest and most popular run club. She's from a small town in Kenya, Kapsabet, that has produced more world-class runners per square mile than anywhere else on earth. While the country is known worldwide for its running heritage, Nairobi hadn't quite caught up to the hype until Chepkor came along.

She runs as a hobby, and is a 12-time marathoner (and two-time Boston qualifier) who felt that, though Kenya's running reputation was unmatched internationally, the runner lifestyle itself wasn't accessible to everyday Kenyans—elite athletes only. She set out to change that and bring running closer to all Nairobians, starting with a weekly run club that began with just her and three friends.…