chasingKIMBIA episode #8 - "Every Color"
chasingKIMBIA episode #8 - "Every Color"
Show Notes:
- The colors in Iten are just spectacular. From the the orange sunrises to the bright colors of the school uniforms. Everywhere you turn there are vibrant colors - the landscape, the clothing, the food. I wanted to create a video that tried to capture that show more...
because it's so different than the color palette in the U.S.
- The opening shot where we're walking up to the track is one of my most memorable Kamariny experiences. We walked to the track from our hotel to watch a workout with Brother Colm's group. When we arrived, we were mobbed by this group of schoolchildren. As you can see, they were pretty interested in the camera.
- As Bob crests the hill, two of the children say, "Kuga," (coo-ga) which means "old man" in Swahili. Many of the kids in Iten call Bob Kuga. As you can hear, they also ask repeatedly, "How are you?" in their unmistakable staccato. Everywhere you go in Iten, you hear the children asking, "How are you? How are you?" Sometimes you'll hear it off in the distance - just a faint little voice - and you look over to see a young boy or girl waving from 300 meters away. I love it! It's one thing that never gets old.
- After mingling with the kids on the track, we decided to have a race. Jamie and Ellis were up for the challenge, but got beat. The young boy who beat them was 13 and running barefoot. Ok, I'm sure Jamie and Ellis didn't give it 100%, but it was still impressive to watch the fluid stride of this young kid wearing his school uniform. I think we timed him in 68 about two minutes later (he wanted to do a solo effort against the clock).
- Most of the footage of the guys running comes from the clay roads of Iten. The terrain is challenging for sure, but it can't hurt as bad when you're running with those views!
- At about 3:00 into the video there is a shot of main street Iten. That's taken from the balcony of our hotel looking up into town. The next shot is of a woman making a mud hut. She told us that this was the 6th of 7 layers. So she has to rub that mud on there 7 different times! It's actually cow dung mixed with water and something else, which I forget. Despite the cow dung, the mud huts are really cool. They're also cheap - a high quality one only costs $200. I'm definitely going to build one at some point.
- At 3:12 you get a look at my best friend in Iten. The little girl with the pigtails is so darn cute. She lives right next door to the camp so we see her everyday. There's actually a whole group of kids who live nearby who play outside in the yard all day long. Every time we walked by they would run out into the road to shake hands or slap high fives. "How are you? How are you?" Again, it never got old.
- At 3:45 we pass a woman running - that's none other than Lornah Kiplagat. Godfrey yelled out the window, "C'mon Lornah. Keep up with the guys." Her response was, "Tomorrow." Ironically, the next day she did complete 23 400's around 70 seconds. The schedule called for 30, but heavy rains cut the workout short. This past weekend she won the World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico, beating Meseret Defar. KIMbia athlete Gilbert Okari won the mens race with John Yuda placing 5th.
- At 4:11 is a man hand-pumping gas. That's something I've never seen. The power goes out every few days in Iten and when it does, the pumps don't work so they have to hand-pump the gas.
- At the end Tom yells out the window to Laban, "I'm gonna buy you a map." Laban led the group the wrong way on one of the runs, but tried to pawn it off on Yuda. Who led who the wrong way is still up for debate.
- How about that cow at the end?
- Continuing with my new trend of using music from the Podsafe Music Network, I wanted to highlight the artists in this episode. The first song (after the Millis Pride intro) is from, ironically, Mangomad. The song is called "See the Light."
- The second song is by Matthew Ebel. It's called "Every Color". I first heard this song on my favorite podcast over at crayonville. They use it as the introduction to their podcast. Great song.
- This is definitely one of my personal favorites. I hope you enjoy it too.
To learn more visit chasingKIMBIA.com.
chasingKIMBIA.com is a blogumentary documenting the lifestyle and training of some of the world's best marathon runners. Season One provided an unprecedented vantage point of the highs and lows of professional running as seven athletes prepared for the Chicago and New York City marathons. Season Two brings even more excitement and deeper coverage to the sport as we travel to the training camp in Iten, Kenya where the athletes are preparing for the Boston, London, and Rotterdam marathons. This is your backstage pass. Follow the journey at www.chasingkimbia.com.show less...
- The opening shot where we're walking up to the track is one of my most memorable Kamariny experiences. We walked to the track from our hotel to watch a workout with Brother Colm's group. When we arrived, we were mobbed by this group of schoolchildren. As you can see, they were pretty interested in the camera.
- As Bob crests the hill, two of the children say, "Kuga," (coo-ga) which means "old man" in Swahili. Many of the kids in Iten call Bob Kuga. As you can hear, they also ask repeatedly, "How are you?" in their unmistakable staccato. Everywhere you go in Iten, you hear the children asking, "How are you? How are you?" Sometimes you'll hear it off in the distance - just a faint little voice - and you look over to see a young boy or girl waving from 300 meters away. I love it! It's one thing that never gets old.
- After mingling with the kids on the track, we decided to have a race. Jamie and Ellis were up for the challenge, but got beat. The young boy who beat them was 13 and running barefoot. Ok, I'm sure Jamie and Ellis didn't give it 100%, but it was still impressive to watch the fluid stride of this young kid wearing his school uniform. I think we timed him in 68 about two minutes later (he wanted to do a solo effort against the clock).
- Most of the footage of the guys running comes from the clay roads of Iten. The terrain is challenging for sure, but it can't hurt as bad when you're running with those views!
- At about 3:00 into the video there is a shot of main street Iten. That's taken from the balcony of our hotel looking up into town. The next shot is of a woman making a mud hut. She told us that this was the 6th of 7 layers. So she has to rub that mud on there 7 different times! It's actually cow dung mixed with water and something else, which I forget. Despite the cow dung, the mud huts are really cool. They're also cheap - a high quality one only costs $200. I'm definitely going to build one at some point.
- At 3:12 you get a look at my best friend in Iten. The little girl with the pigtails is so darn cute. She lives right next door to the camp so we see her everyday. There's actually a whole group of kids who live nearby who play outside in the yard all day long. Every time we walked by they would run out into the road to shake hands or slap high fives. "How are you? How are you?" Again, it never got old.
- At 3:45 we pass a woman running - that's none other than Lornah Kiplagat. Godfrey yelled out the window, "C'mon Lornah. Keep up with the guys." Her response was, "Tomorrow." Ironically, the next day she did complete 23 400's around 70 seconds. The schedule called for 30, but heavy rains cut the workout short. This past weekend she won the World's Best 10K in Puerto Rico, beating Meseret Defar. KIMbia athlete Gilbert Okari won the mens race with John Yuda placing 5th.
- At 4:11 is a man hand-pumping gas. That's something I've never seen. The power goes out every few days in Iten and when it does, the pumps don't work so they have to hand-pump the gas.
- At the end Tom yells out the window to Laban, "I'm gonna buy you a map." Laban led the group the wrong way on one of the runs, but tried to pawn it off on Yuda. Who led who the wrong way is still up for debate.
- How about that cow at the end?
- Continuing with my new trend of using music from the Podsafe Music Network, I wanted to highlight the artists in this episode. The first song (after the Millis Pride intro) is from, ironically, Mangomad. The song is called "See the Light."
- The second song is by Matthew Ebel. It's called "Every Color". I first heard this song on my favorite podcast over at crayonville. They use it as the introduction to their podcast. Great song.
- This is definitely one of my personal favorites. I hope you enjoy it too.
To learn more visit chasingKIMBIA.com.
chasingKIMBIA.com is a blogumentary documenting the lifestyle and training of some of the world's best marathon runners. Season One provided an unprecedented vantage point of the highs and lows of professional running as seven athletes prepared for the Chicago and New York City marathons. Season Two brings even more excitement and deeper coverage to the sport as we travel to the training camp in Iten, Kenya where the athletes are preparing for the Boston, London, and Rotterdam marathons. This is your backstage pass. Follow the journey at www.chasingkimbia.com.show less...
