Camp Kenya. The author trained for a week with the Kenyans at their national cross-country camp
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Camp Kenia. Der Autor trainierte eine Woche lang mit den Kenianern in ihrem nationalen Crosslauf-Trainingslager |
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| Autor: | Ratcliffe, Tom |
| Erschienen in: | Runner's world / United States |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29 (1994), 3, S. 64-71 |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0035-9939, 0897-1706 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199906309955 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
The author describes his stay at St. Mark's College, the training camp of the Kenyan national cross-country team. The training of the Kenyan cross-country runners is described in detail, and an attempt is made at explaining the causes of the Kenyan running revolution. According to the author the motivation and success of Kenyan runners may be best understood in terms of Kenya's economic situation, where poverty and desperation are common. Athletic success represents the possibility of a prosperous future. Without their earnings from running, many Kenyan distance stars would be relegated to the growing ranks of their country's poor. Schiffer