Adharanand Finn, journalist and author of RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS, is selected as one of The Guardian's experts in Athletics for The Olympics. You can follow Adharanand on Twitter throughout the games that commence this Friday, 27 July. Please click here to view The Guardian's 'Olympics Experts' Network: the inside guide to London 2012' page, which will follow the tweets of several Olympic experts from Olympians, bloggers, coaches and up-and-coming athletes.

Adharanand went to Kenya with his family for six months at the beginning of 2011 to discover the soul of Kenyan long distance running. RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS, is his account of his time spent in Kenya, and is published by Faber and Faber in the UK and Ballantine in the USA.

Praise for RUNNING WITH THE KENYANS:

'...a heartfelt study of our urge to run…It's very lack of compulsion makes Finn a calm, humorous presence. In unobtrusively beautiful prose, he evokes the will to run at the heart of Kenyan life…In a year when the commercialism of sport will be an overwhelming, hectic presence, Finn quietly reminds us why running, 'this primal urge' that every child feels, is as mysteriously human as anything we do.' -- Rowland Manthorpe, The Sunday Telegraph

'Perfect background reading for the London 2012 Olympics, this inspiring book makes you feel for Finn's wife and family, even as you are filled with awe and incredulity by the author's steely determination.' -- Annabel Ford, Compass Magazine