Definitely: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. Kenyans Runners are examples of how aspirations and determination to a goal make you go far.
Don't forget that these folks possess a set of genetic traits uniquely suited for long distance running. Without those, I don't care how much "determination" you have... you won't place in the Olympics But with them and their upbringing, etc, they're absolutely the best
Supporting each other is not only found in iten but it's a way of life in the whole country.. waking up in the morning before doing anything you must first say hi to your neighbor ask them how they're doing is a kenyan style 😉
She's right, life in Kenya is a simple easy one. I've been there a few times and I was in the best shape of my life. All natural food, the climate, and the air. I was shredded after being there. We put a lot of trash by-products in our food to preserve it. There were no left-overs ever! My simple early morning beach jogs made a difference in my overall fitness.
Kenya is very beautiful. What you've seen is just maybe 1 percent of Kalenjin land...the scenery varies depending on where you are. But honestly all of Kenya...the Coast, Northern Kenya..just everywhere is stunning. Come join us.
@@dimitris90schild92There are crazy people everywhere, Americans do worse in Guantanamo, Russian as well, doesn't mean all Americans and Russians are like that
Ugali is the main staple food in Kenya and it is always served with a stew, it can never go alone 😅. In fact I don't think if their is a Kenyan who can go more than a day without eating ugali. Here we keep it simple, food is direct from the farms, no preservatives. We also have a hard working DNA in our systems, in fact we are go-getters and we always wish to emulate or even surpass the champions who were there before us. We are a humble nation utilizing the little we have, and most of all we love visitors so much.
I love what she said that life in Kenya is easy and quiet. Good food. Good family. Good community. Beautiful Earth. All living together in peace in beautiful Kenya. This sounds like a dream come true for me.
The other side of kenya is dark.. NECKLACING .. In some villages they caught thiefs they put them tires and all the village enjoys burning them alive..barbarism......
I always thought, by comparison, that I had the “easy” life. After viewing this video I realize that most Kenyans think my existence is too stressful, discontented and lacking a real joy of life; perhaps they are correct. In the end, what does all our striving gain us? This video isn’t so much about running as it is about living.
I think one of the main keys is 'community'. They are very community oriented, whereas we are very individual goal based. Family and community are losing their significance in much of America. Just some thoughts I've had, among many others.
All African cultures have strong and deep family and community values.. Normally, we are working hard to improve our families lives..not ourselves. We are communal not individualism. For example, when you move to the City to work..like myself. You are sending money home and also take care of your siblings needs such as education. Therefore, if you dont work hard your family and community will starve. I think it s the same for the athletes..you have to be determined, work hard because your entire family, community and country depend on you.
This is such an amazing video of these Kenyan runners. I live in America as first generation Ethiopians, and I was always told that my live is easy and i should never be stressed out for anything, and that people around the world in these villages and other excluded areas live the hard life. However after watching this video I figured that indeed I am the one stressing and living life hard focusing on school and other activities, not even having time to sit with family and eat meals with each other. A great message from this video is live for the simple things in life, because that is what will make you the most happy. :)
This is amazing. A village, poorer than most of the rest of the world, that gets to have it's citizens dominate the world by its own weapons. Imagine this: you are born in the middle of nothing, considered as the lower end of the human scale. But just by your means, because of what your sufferings are causing you, you win. Millions of people acclaim you, you, the little poor girl/boy that once played in the mud on the streets in the middle of nowhere in Africa. Who would have thought that this little child is going to be the elite of this world, idol to much more fortunate people? You literally change your life. This is a wonderful message of hope. And the true magic and essence of sport: it can change people's lives, by peace and by the dominance over your disadvantages. Amazing. The proof that the answer to war is sport.
Listen, next time learn how to define the statement "born in the middle of nothing," these people have villages well equiped with a real diet better than so many of the people in the Western world, they are not in the middle of any war, they have access to various social services and their social set up makes them comfortable too. Just go visit a war torn area or conflict area that doesn't have any food supplies or social services you will know what having nothing is
What are you talking about? They're not dirt poor. Just because they're black and don't have perfectly paved roads through their government doesn't mean they're living in squalor. They have clean houses, enough food, get their nails done, and can feed their kids properly.
Life here is so simple, if I don't have anything to eat I can ask my neighbor to help or help the neighbor as well. That's called true community spirit. Lucky you Kenyans love from Lahore Pakistan
Great production and genuine documentary of this beautiful Kenyan training village having lived there for two years while in high school. Thank you for sharing.
When I think of Kenya I think of Eliud Kipchoge. When I think of East Africa I think of Eliud Kipchoge. When I think of the marathon I think of Eliud Kipchoge. 🤷♂️
as a child Jamaica my mom would give me a bowl of cornmeal porridge and one egg for breakfast, at one point in time i was so broke i ate cornmeal for breakfast lunch and dinner for a month and still was training for track.
these guys are so dedicated and inspire me to do what i think is the first process of becoming a long distance runner which is to lose weight. These guys are toothpick skinny, but clearly healthy and strong.
At the cooking part where they talked about neighbourbourly love, she said 'Tenda mema, Nenda zako' in Swahili. It's part of Ubuntu and directly means 'Do good, and continue with your journey'.
Amazing kenya. I eat ugali every night! Kenyan staple made its way to houston :) plenty of organic corn maize here! its so easy and fast to eat, and so inexpensive, digests like a dream.
Ugali....in Mexico where corn is from, they call it Pinole and is an ancient source of carbs....stilled used by long distance runners like the tarahumara.
Pretty gerl thanks to show us how the atlets kenians get the first places in every competision , one of the important factor is the natural food , like the places where they live the humility way to do the live , and to get great prices for themselfs blessings for everybody. from Perú.
Maybe it has something to do with being born and living at 8,000 feet altitude for generations...??? They process oxygen better like the Sherpas in Nepal.
At 12.34, that wood stuff is actually activated charcoal. Charcoal is a product of incomplete combustion of wood. The activated form can be used as a purifying agent. On the other hand, Ash is a product of a complete combustion of wood or charcoal. Studies show that the main component of wood ash is calcium carbonate. Wood ash can be used to increasing the alkalinity of soil if the soil is too acidic.
13:50 Kalenjin: kirate sinendet ak artet olanyo bi boyot kai, ne ba gutwa haleiyo, kicham chepto nyo kakogure, oh ongeroo English: "There's a man on the hill with a cow who has loved one of our girls. He's calling the girl who he has loved..."
6:32 they guy eat Ugali with fork, just for a camera 📸, but we usually eat by hands, squeeze it with palm and dip it either a soup, vegetables or meat 🥩
Hats off Olympic Channel... You r Great Channel... And team behind this channel is Great... They really worked hard to get this Awsome video for us.. 👍👏👏🙌💖💖💖I respect Athletes ❤️❤️❤️I love Olympics and Olympic channel 💖💖From India 🇮🇳❤️
Am Kenyan....and the secret is breakfast is a liter of special porridge made from a blend of boiled cassavas,arrow roots,groundnuts and pumpkin all blended together. Do lots of Hard back breaking stuff.. Lunch is Corn meal Ugali, yellow beans and collard greens plus a glass of milk. Then run back home for a light supper.
One thing that I have observed with westerners is that they use technique in everything they do. That limits them from tapping into their full potential. With African Countries like kenya they are driven with pure passion and patriotism for their country.
Lol that’s not true they are genetically advantaged that’s why. It’s ok to admit that, different ethnic groups dominate different sports. We are all equal as humans, but physiologically there are differences. Natural selection is king.
how tough??? useless comment all tribes in kenya we have rich ...middle class and those on poverty but believe me there is no homelessness in africa because IN villages there is everything..NATURAL FOOD...MILK..ETC
I understand what you are saying. It's not that you are shaming them in any way. You understand the challenges of living in that community, as in every community, nowhere is perfect. But you see their grace and strength. We don't have to push each other down guys
We give God thanks. Yes, God gave the Kalenjin people the genetics to run, that's the answer, God given talent through some running endurance gene. We humbly give God thanks. From Kipchoge Keino, Conseslus Kipruto, Faith Kipyegon, Paul Tergat, Mary Keitany, Lornah Kiplagat etc. And across the Uganda border the Kalenjin on the Uganda side, Joshua Cheptegei, Stephen Kiprotich...keep on running brothers and sisters...and don't forget to offer glory and thanks God.
Fantastic documentary.....! Also, the look on her face when she went from drinking that Mursik to sitting on that stool out in the yard....PRICELESS!! :-)
Eating of the land was always designed for mankind. Many people would think that's a poor wstpy of living, however this is a rich way of living. Healthy natural foods as we should all put in our bodies
It’s not there diets it’s the dedication and devotion to the sport. Also there in altitude which is an advantage. If someone has dedication they sac accomplish a lot.
Wonderful documentary, but I think you place too much emphases on diet. Diet does place a part, but the Kenyan diet is easily replicated, but diet alone is only small part of the overall formula for Kenyan success. The more important factors are the aerobic foundation built from living and growing up running long distances at altitude, great genetics and the motivation to succeed that comes from being poor.
Michael Murray It is a combination of both genetics and altitude. The Kalenjin and the Maasai come from the cattle rustling cultures. They believed that all the cattle in the world belonged to them; that God gave them the right to claim the animals that even belong to other communities especially from the low lowlands. They developed very efficient cattle rustling technique that they used for a period of hundreds if not thousands of years. Since they lived in the highlands with some places being over 9,000 ft above sea level. Once they raid the cattle from communities living at lowlands typically around 3,000 ft above sea level near the Great Lake Victoria. They would disappear with the stolen cattle up the steep hills and escarpments in the middle of the night with such efficiency and stamina.
While there is some truth to this. If you have ever witnessed how the Maasai live, you will note, there is very minimal running done. They spend long hours walking and not running. I will say there bodies are just efficient as they walk in these sandals and cover a massive distance without any form of exhaustion.
Remember: East Africans we eat ugali but Kalenjin tribe is a gene/talent and altitude of the village as well. Because Tanzania and Uganda also eat Ugali and Beans ( maharage) but still can’t compete with Kalenjin ( Kenya). It’s so rare maybe a Kalenjin from Uganda or Tanzania- they have a different name within both countries.
As I already have recognized during my life it seams to be here also a part of success....the energy! You can take it out if somebody brings it in.....in this case I have seen a lot of unprocessed food which seams to be a important factor beside the positive energy the people provide to each other with their interactions.....allways milling faces if they meet each other. Time to think about make a step back for the most of us.....
That boy at 7.25 is the secret of why kenya is always successful in long distance running.. it's like an Argentine boy seeing messi training every day and even join him in the training
Ninja Genetics is not written in stone. It is evolutionary. It is determined by tradition and culture which is, by the way, dynamic. That explains Brazilians with football or Jamaicans with sprints.
Robert because jamaica takes their sprinting seriously and have good coaches. America takes every single sport so seriously so will train people from like kids. West africans don’t have good coaches. Im sorry but its true. They also don’t put an emphasis on it as much as jamaica and america. If the coaches knew what they were doing and kids started off earlier and training as kids, they would be better
It would be interesting to find the properties in Ugali compared to Pinole from Mexico. The carbohydrates and other nutritional values that it adds for these long distance runners seems similar to what Pinole has.
It's similar. Ugali is a staple food all over over here, but not all Kenyans are fitness runners. Mostly, is has to do with the altitude of Kalenjin land and the genes. Kikuyu land has similar geography but Kikuyu gene is not that handy, I think
Im from the Kalenjin tribe. I can tell you its nothing about altitudes and training although those are contributory factors. It has something to do with the DNA structure of the Kalenjin people. When I was a kid I would run for kilometres without tiring, and now when I think about it it stuns me.
7:26 the kids in Kenya like running just like our modern kids with videos games. You can't beat Kenya. Running in Kenya it's like eating pizza in Italy.
Definitely: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. Kenyans Runners are examples of how aspirations and determination to a goal make you go far.
Pedro Reinaldo Garcia my father used to say this,he still in Romania ,i moves to America but i totally agree!!
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Inspired!
Don't forget that these folks possess a set of genetic traits uniquely suited for long distance running. Without those, I don't care how much "determination" you have... you won't place in the Olympics
But with them and their upbringing, etc, they're absolutely the best
the way they support each others, supporting their neighbours.. this is why Olympic marathons are for them...
Supporting each other is not only found in iten but it's a way of life in the whole country.. waking up in the morning before doing anything you must first say hi to your neighbor ask them how they're doing is a kenyan style 😉
She's right, life in Kenya is a simple easy one. I've been there a few times and I was in the best shape of my life. All natural food, the climate, and the air. I was shredded after being there. We put a lot of trash by-products in our food to preserve it. There were no left-overs ever! My simple early morning beach jogs made a difference in my overall fitness.
True. Am from Kenya, kalenjin tribe. All you said is very true life is simple and all food is natural and fresh.
Do you think all of Kenya us like those little villages? Nairobi and Mombasa are quite different.
Have got friends in the states, even simple tea is very different in the states
I dont think so...Do you know neck lacing..? In some villages they caught thiefs and all the village enjoys burning them alive..barbarism......
@@dimitris90schild92 that doesn't happen in Kenya. Please don't generalize
I like how the shots makes Kenya's nature look so good. It makes me wanna go there and just sort of live of the grid :)
Welcome 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Kenya is very beautiful. What you've seen is just maybe 1 percent of Kalenjin land...the scenery varies depending on where you are. But honestly all of Kenya...the Coast, Northern Kenya..just everywhere is stunning. Come join us.
Karibu Sana!🇰🇪
I dont think so...Do you know neck lacing..? In some villages they caught thiefs and all the village enjoys burning them alive..barbarism......
@@dimitris90schild92 🙄🤦🏾♂️
I have lived in East Africa and i can tell yah...do not underestimate the power of that corn bread called Ugali.
It's not a bread
lol
It's not a bread.. more of a cake
Ugali just ate right now lll
Indeed yes, there is no way to do so. Respect them. Love from Nepal
Beautiful country ... beautiful people....Once upon on a time my India was like this....Respect from India to Kenya
I dont think so...Do you know neck lacing..? In some villages they caught thiefs and all the village enjoys burning them alive..barbarism......
@@dimitris90schild92There are crazy people everywhere, Americans do worse in Guantanamo, Russian as well, doesn't mean all Americans and Russians are like that
Ugali is the main staple food in Kenya and it is always served with a stew, it can never go alone 😅. In fact I don't think if their is a Kenyan who can go more than a day without eating ugali. Here we keep it simple, food is direct from the farms, no preservatives. We also have a hard working DNA in our systems, in fact we are go-getters and we always wish to emulate or even surpass the champions who were there before us. We are a humble nation utilizing the little we have, and most of all we love visitors so much.
I live in kenya and that's what makes me proud love u kenya
Anup Kumar yayyyyysss 😍🤣
I’m from America but I have so much respect for Kenya too 🇰🇪
Anup Kumar i
Your name like indian
@@igordragoslav9672 Kenya has a big population of people who migrated from India and Pakistan.
I love what she said that life in Kenya is easy and quiet. Good food. Good family. Good community. Beautiful Earth. All living together in peace in beautiful Kenya. This sounds like a dream come true for me.
The other side of kenya is dark..
NECKLACING .. In some villages they caught thiefs they put them tires and all the village enjoys burning them alive..barbarism......
@@dimitris90schild92 May you heal from whatever you're going through son, it's not about the Kenyans, it's about you.
I always thought, by comparison, that I had the “easy” life. After viewing this video I realize that most Kenyans think my existence is too stressful, discontented and lacking a real joy of life; perhaps they are correct. In the end, what does all our striving gain us? This video isn’t so much about running as it is about living.
I agree 100%. This is something I think about often. I think the "American Dream" is a sham.
I think one of the main keys is 'community'. They are very community oriented, whereas we are very individual goal based. Family and community are losing their significance in much of America. Just some thoughts I've had, among many others.
jmbeck777
youre right. materialism is one big failure
running is life
we all have to run at one point,when or how we do it depends on us.
does that even makes sense,it did when i started typing.
All African cultures have strong and deep family and community values.. Normally, we are working hard to improve our families lives..not ourselves. We are communal not individualism. For example, when you move to the City to work..like myself. You are sending money home and also take care of your siblings needs such as education. Therefore, if you dont work hard your family and community will starve. I think it s the same for the athletes..you have to be determined, work hard because your entire family, community and country depend on you.
Like China with their table tennis. Qualifying for team Kenya is probably much, MUCH harder than winning silver in the Olympics.
or like south korea with their archery
Which is why the Olympics are inherently flawed and not "purely" based on merits
Why are all these weeboos bringing up East Asian countries who are known to be racist towards Africans?
God bless my country and its people 🇰🇪🇰🇪
I come from this tribe but I cant run to save mylife but thank God my son inherited the genes so he can run quite well long distance
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This is such an amazing video of these Kenyan runners. I live in America as first generation Ethiopians, and I was always told that my live is easy and i should never be stressed out for anything, and that people around the world in these villages and other excluded areas live the hard life. However after watching this video I figured that indeed I am the one stressing and living life hard focusing on school and other activities, not even having time to sit with family and eat meals with each other. A great message from this video is live for the simple things in life, because that is what will make you the most happy. :)
Jeremiah Dashura please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi
@@irenedavo3768 is that common there?
I am a Kalenjin from Iten,...proud of my small town full of gold winners and record breakers
Hi
@@jawaharganesh7597 Hi
@@WinstonKnows you from??
This is amazing. A village, poorer than most of the rest of the world, that gets to have it's citizens dominate the world by its own weapons. Imagine this: you are born in the middle of nothing, considered as the lower end of the human scale. But just by your means, because of what your sufferings are causing you, you win. Millions of people acclaim you, you, the little poor girl/boy that once played in the mud on the streets in the middle of nowhere in Africa. Who would have thought that this little child is going to be the elite of this world, idol to much more fortunate people? You literally change your life. This is a wonderful message of hope. And the true magic and essence of sport: it can change people's lives, by peace and by the dominance over your disadvantages. Amazing. The proof that the answer to war is sport.
Sylla Atlas right
Sylla Atlas well said
That's pretty meaningful
Listen, next time learn how to define the statement "born in the middle of nothing," these people have villages well equiped with a real diet better than so many of the people in the Western world, they are not in the middle of any war, they have access to various social services and their social set up makes them comfortable too. Just go visit a war torn area or conflict area that doesn't have any food supplies or social services you will know what having nothing is
What are you talking about? They're not dirt poor. Just because they're black and don't have perfectly paved roads through their government doesn't mean they're living in squalor. They have clean houses, enough food, get their nails done, and can feed their kids properly.
Life here is so simple, if I don't have anything to eat I can ask my neighbor to help or help the neighbor as well. That's called true community spirit. Lucky you Kenyans love from Lahore Pakistan
Yes,in a Kenyan village one cannot starve. My food is our food and everyone is catered for
Great production and genuine documentary of this beautiful Kenyan training village having lived there for two years while in high school. Thank you for sharing.
I have lived in America for 19 years, and I tell ya miss Kenya. I will go back to Kenya because I like the simple life there.
When I think of Kenya I think of Eliud Kipchoge.
When I think of East Africa I think of Eliud Kipchoge. When I think of the marathon I think of Eliud Kipchoge. 🤷♂️
Very true! I can't imagine Olympics without Kenyans
@Kedas Boti Show us a government that ain't corrupt and I'll show you a virgin in a brothel!
@@lifehacks1019 Thank You Sir!🇰🇪
@Hut Albah Don't follow everything you see on the news... Western News to be specific.
Come to the ground and see for yourself.
as a child Jamaica my mom would give me a bowl of cornmeal porridge and one egg for breakfast, at one point in time i was so broke i ate cornmeal for breakfast lunch and dinner for a month and still was training for track.
these guys are so dedicated and inspire me to do what i think is the first process of becoming a long distance runner which is to lose weight. These guys are toothpick skinny, but clearly healthy and strong.
😂😂
Good try it I'm from Kenya too
At the cooking part where they talked about neighbourbourly love, she said 'Tenda mema, Nenda zako' in Swahili. It's part of Ubuntu and directly means 'Do good, and continue with your journey'.
*translates to
*it's Ubuntu
Amazing kenya. I eat ugali every night! Kenyan staple made its way to houston :) plenty of organic corn maize here! its so easy and fast to eat, and so inexpensive, digests like a dream.
How do you sleep After?
Ugali is the staple food here in Kenya, it makes us strong and gives us energy.
Always wanted to visit Kenya. Will do it for sure in near future
Welcome to Kenya
What a beautiful story and way of life!
Ugali....in Mexico where corn is from, they call it Pinole and is an ancient source of carbs....stilled used by long distance runners like the tarahumara.
For real??
Jose Daniel Salas to be fair Zimbabwe use white corn maze and you can make sadza, porridge and even alcohol
Pinole is nothing like Ugali ..
Pretty gerl thanks to show us how the atlets kenians get the first places in every competision , one of the important factor is the natural food , like the places where they live the humility way to do the live , and to get great prices for themselfs blessings for everybody. from Perú.
Maybe it has something to do with being born and living at 8,000 feet altitude for generations...??? They process oxygen better like the Sherpas in Nepal.
Nah there are plenty of cities in the U.S. at higher altitudes that don’t produce any exceptional runners.
that and their diet
Kalenjin community lives in the highest altitudes of mt elgon,Iten and the lowest plains of Narok and they all run. How do you explain?
therottenrook genetics
The way they live and eat from kids is what I think makes them exceptional kids are never inside and eat well
Great doc. BTW, subtitles are not synced with audio :-(
dont need the subtitles they speak very clearly
@@younge1666 well ... maybe, but no everyone here is native English speaker, so proper subtitles would be helpful anyway.
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At 12.34, that wood stuff is actually activated charcoal. Charcoal is a product of incomplete combustion of wood. The activated form can be used as a purifying agent. On the other hand, Ash is a product of a complete combustion of wood or charcoal. Studies show that the main component of wood ash is calcium carbonate. Wood ash can be used to increasing the alkalinity of soil if the soil is too acidic.
Iten Kenya luarbiasa🤟
Loved this video so much!! Well done. Much respect for the Kenyan way.
13:50
Kalenjin:
kirate sinendet ak artet olanyo bi boyot kai, ne ba gutwa haleiyo,
kicham chepto nyo kakogure, oh ongeroo
English:
"There's a man on the hill with a cow who has loved one of our girls. He's calling the girl who he has loved..."
6:32 they guy eat Ugali with fork, just for a camera 📸, but we usually eat by hands, squeeze it with palm and dip it either a soup, vegetables or meat 🥩
😂😂😂😂
Ma guy😂😂😂😂🤝
Proud of my home... Proud kalenjin
Hats off Olympic Channel... You r Great Channel... And team behind this channel is Great... They really worked hard to get this Awsome video for us.. 👍👏👏🙌💖💖💖I respect Athletes ❤️❤️❤️I love Olympics and Olympic channel 💖💖From India 🇮🇳❤️
This is the one place where your village rival could beat you to the Olympics :p
hehe exactly
I want to go to this village!!
Welcome, I'll walk you around
Gideon Nandwa really?
@@katied5314 yes...just email
I did the kenyan vegan diet of processed corn meal aka ugali and dropped 10kg and smashed my marathon PR massively. Ive got heaps of vids about it.
That's great .....😃simple and healthy food
There’s fat Kenyans in the village and they all eat the same diet. Their physique has more to do with the running than the food.
A wild narcissist appears.
Am Kenyan....and the secret is breakfast is a liter of special porridge made from a blend of boiled cassavas,arrow roots,groundnuts and pumpkin all blended together.
Do lots of Hard back breaking stuff..
Lunch is Corn meal Ugali, yellow beans and collard greens plus a glass of milk.
Then run back home for a light supper.
One thing that I have observed with westerners is that they use technique in everything they do. That limits them from tapping into their full potential. With African Countries like kenya they are driven with pure passion and patriotism for their country.
Indeed white people tend to obsess about technique, they lack spontaneity and creativity. However, I'll give them 10/10 for discipline and focus.
Lol that’s not true they are genetically advantaged that’s why. It’s ok to admit that, different ethnic groups dominate different sports. We are all equal as humans, but physiologically there are differences. Natural selection is king.
Driven by the desire to get out of poverty
Makes me feel happy having been born a Kenyan Kalenjin.
Bana joh
Beautiful documentary. Down-to-earth.
Great documentary about awesome people. I know life is tough for the Kalenjin people, but they handle it with grace and strength.
how tough??? useless comment all tribes in kenya we have rich ...middle class and those on poverty but believe me there is no homelessness in africa because IN villages there is everything..NATURAL FOOD...MILK..ETC
Life is not tough for us; we are doing just fine.
Life is not tough,we have our own farms n grow our own food/crops.We do not go hungry.
I understand what you are saying. It's not that you are shaming them in any way. You understand the challenges of living in that community, as in every community, nowhere is perfect. But you see their grace and strength. We don't have to push each other down guys
We give God thanks. Yes, God gave the Kalenjin people the genetics to run, that's the answer, God given talent through some running endurance gene. We humbly give God thanks. From Kipchoge Keino, Conseslus Kipruto, Faith Kipyegon, Paul Tergat, Mary Keitany, Lornah Kiplagat etc. And across the Uganda border the Kalenjin on the Uganda side, Joshua Cheptegei, Stephen Kiprotich...keep on running brothers and sisters...and don't forget to offer glory and thanks God.
great message, try making more such videos frequently ....
beautiful, inspiring documentary, thank you!
In South Africa we eat pap every day...it is same maize porridge...it is very good...
7:29 twende twende (let's go let's go) proud to be a 🇰🇪 Kenyan. It other country children they always play pokimon and Playstation. Always be fit
A proud Kalenjin here
Love you guys
Fantastic documentary.....! Also, the look on her face when she went from drinking that Mursik to sitting on that stool out in the yard....PRICELESS!! :-)
Eating of the land was always designed for mankind. Many people would think that's a poor wstpy of living, however this is a rich way of living. Healthy natural foods as we should all put in our bodies
Love Kenya so much I could cry
That is my home town!! Fantastic climate, great people and epic landscapes.
I need to go to the motherland to have peace👍
y'r welcome bro
Welcome home brother
why are they eating UGALI with spoons?...that's not the way we do it!!!!
Correct - we just dig in with our fingers!
Yes we do indeed
Am kalenjin and we use forks to eat ugali.Sometimes we use hands as well.
The goal is to get it to the stomach, and the spoon accomplishes that.
You're right, I use forks.
Beautiful country, people and way of life. I’m jealous.
My respect towards kenyians raised high!!
I guess u can be whatever u want to be with right knowledge, hard work n dedication..n pray to Almighty God for His blessings
Wow...Kalenjin kenyans are so lucky. I am Kikuyu, we are heavy boned unlike the tall,dark and skinny kalenjins.
That my country kenya 🇰🇪 East Africa but still proud of African as a whole
they look like gazelles when they run. perfect form
You guys really awesome...I love the kenyian..I want to come in kenya
You are welcome.
It’s not there diets it’s the dedication and devotion to the sport. Also there in altitude which is an advantage. If someone has dedication they sac accomplish a lot.
Gotta love that forward tilt... chi running at it's best!
A lot is similar here in India, we make corn rotis and eat Dahi which is fermented milk.
He just did not turn that Ugali with a bang. hihihihiiiiiii Proud Kenyan!!
Hihihi!Kwaaks!
The CERA Talk 😂😂😂nimeskia tuu paa😂vile amebandika hio ugali kwa sahani.aki kenyans..
😂😂bang it
The way she feels after taking mursik is the same way i felt when i had my first pizza and burger
No cap🤣 that was me after having canned food in Australia 😫
I am a Kalenjin. I cant wait to tell my Kalenjin story.
Mtu wa kapsabet
Wonderful documentary, but I think you place too much emphases on diet. Diet does place a part, but the Kenyan diet is easily replicated, but diet alone is only small part of the overall formula for Kenyan success. The more important factors are the aerobic foundation built from living and growing up running long distances at altitude, great genetics and the motivation to succeed that comes from being poor.
Michael Murray
It is a combination of both genetics and altitude. The Kalenjin and the Maasai come from the cattle rustling cultures. They believed that all the cattle in the world belonged to them; that God gave them the right to claim the animals that even belong to other communities especially from the low lowlands. They developed very efficient cattle rustling technique that they used for a period of hundreds if not thousands of years. Since they lived in the highlands with some places being over 9,000 ft above sea level. Once they raid the cattle from communities living at lowlands typically around 3,000 ft above sea level near the Great Lake Victoria. They would disappear with the stolen cattle up the steep hills and escarpments in the middle of the night with such efficiency and stamina.
Michael Murray, Exactly True.
Kiswahili Kitukuzwe 254 wtfu
While there is some truth to this. If you have ever witnessed how the Maasai live, you will note, there is very minimal running done. They spend long hours walking and not running. I will say there bodies are just efficient as they walk in these sandals and cover a massive distance without any form of exhaustion.
Good points but the intent of the video is the diet, it is pretty evident from the title.
I think running makes people beautiful
Remember: East Africans we eat ugali but Kalenjin tribe is a gene/talent and altitude of the village as well.
Because Tanzania and Uganda also eat Ugali and Beans ( maharage) but still can’t compete with Kalenjin ( Kenya). It’s so rare maybe a Kalenjin from Uganda or Tanzania- they have a different name within both countries.
Even in kenya it's the same most of the time if not all its the kale who rep us in athletics 😂. Not all Kenyans are runners
As I already have recognized during my life it seams to be here also a part of success....the energy! You can take it out if somebody brings it in.....in this case I have seen a lot of unprocessed food which seams to be a important factor beside the positive energy the people provide to each other with their interactions.....allways milling faces if they meet each other. Time to think about make a step back for the most of us.....
I loved this. I hope I could train with them one day
15:45 EPIC! The kinkiest come-on I've ever heard. Happy dude.
Iten. Home of world class runners
congrats chemu.
this is some awesome ethnographic fieldwork!
That boy at 7.25 is the secret of why kenya is always successful in long distance running.. it's like an Argentine boy seeing messi training every day and even join him in the training
I want that "Faster Kenya" shirt to wear while training!
I wear it to bed.
Beautiful people!
I am from the region, having relatives champions. I see nothing to do with food. Its genetic.
Hezz Tum Kuna kdf pia 😂😂
Ninja
Genetics is not written in stone. It is evolutionary. It is determined by tradition and culture which is, by the way, dynamic. That explains Brazilians with football or Jamaicans with sprints.
@KrOjah 1 so why aren't good sprinters coming out of West Africa!!
it’s true that’s why white people tend to be better at swimming ( you need bigger muscles and ext.)
Robert because jamaica takes their sprinting seriously and have good coaches. America takes every single sport so seriously so will train people from like kids. West africans don’t have good coaches. Im sorry but its true. They also don’t put an emphasis on it as much as jamaica and america. If the coaches knew what they were doing and kids started off earlier and training as kids, they would be better
I bet everyone in the tribe has a personal record in every long distance event.
For Highland places like that, to get the best ugali, you need to dry the flour over open fire.
bravo le reportage.
It would be interesting to find the properties in Ugali compared to Pinole from Mexico. The carbohydrates and other nutritional values that it adds for these long distance runners seems similar to what Pinole has.
It's similar. Ugali is a staple food all over over here, but not all Kenyans are fitness runners. Mostly, is has to do with the altitude of Kalenjin land and the genes. Kikuyu land has similar geography but Kikuyu gene is not that handy, I think
Amazing people and culture, hope I can visit one day!
Bloody beautiful
Who the hek eats UGALI with spoon 🤔
Kalenjins.
I think genetics have more to do with it than diet.
Also the conditions that makes them run long distances since childhood.
benjamín saravia How about running 10,000 miles a day for 10 years?
Lots of kids in Kenya run miles each day to get to school on time and to get home before dark. That’s another major reason why they dominate so much
Excuses lazy people has
And living at altitude, if you look at the few non Kenyans that can compete at the world level, they all live at very high points of altitude.
All over the Third World kids cover great distances to school. So, why are they not as dominant as the ones from Eldoret and Iten in Kenya?
thats my country!!!🇰🇪
Great doc. Who was the interviewer? She was excellent
What interviewer?
these people jog faster than i can sprint
It's gust genetics.. as humans we have different adaptations thus making us top scorers in running olimpics 🇰🇪🇰🇪💯
飛脚と同じですね。
昔訪れたヨーロッパ人が飛脚の人に肉中心の食事を摂取させたら走れなくなったと言う話があるように、ケニアの人にとってベストな食事なんでしょう。
Im from the Kalenjin tribe. I can tell you its nothing about altitudes and training although those are contributory factors. It has something to do with the DNA structure of the Kalenjin people. When I was a kid I would run for kilometres without tiring, and now when I think about it it stuns me.
7:26 the kids in Kenya like running just like our modern kids with videos games. You can't beat Kenya. Running in Kenya it's like eating pizza in Italy.
This documentary is amazing. What's the host's name?
earljames delacruz The host's name is rosie
no western chemical processed food on their tables
just raw natural ingredients Hmmm there might just be a connection
bro that corn meal is pure processed.
Kalenjin to the world
yes.....this is amazing and super humans...