How One Kenyan Village Fuels The World’s Fastest Distance Runners | Feed The Flame 

Pedro Reinaldo Garcia my father used to say this,he still in Romania ,i moves to America but i totally agree!!

Pedro Reinaldo Garcia please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi

Inspired!

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

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

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 😉

or like south korea with their archery

Which is why the Olympics are inherently flawed and not "purely" based on merits

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.

Anup Kumar yayyyyysss 😍🤣

I’m from America but I have so much respect for Kenya too 🇰🇪

Anup Kumar i

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@@igordragoslav9672 Kenya has a big population of people who migrated from India and Pakistan.

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.

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 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

Josephine Sosingot-Räisänen please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi

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.

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.

Jeremiah Dashura please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi

@@irenedavo3768 is that common there?

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

hehe exactly

How do you sleep After?

Ugali is the staple food here in Kenya, it makes us strong and gives us energy.

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.

Christian Benseler please watch 8 videos of Jim Nduruchi

Yes,in a Kenyan village one cannot starve. My food is our food and everyone is catered for

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

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@@jawaharganesh7597 Hi

@@WinstonKnows you from??

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Ma guy😂😂😂😂🤝

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

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 ..

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Good try it I'm from Kenya too

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.

Welcome to Kenya

Bana joh

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

Welcome, I'll walk you around

Gideon Nandwa really?

@@katied5314 yes...just email

Love you guys

y'r welcome bro

Welcome home brother

Hihihi!Kwaaks!

The CERA Talk 😂😂😂nimeskia tuu paa😂vile amebandika hio ugali kwa sahani.aki kenyans..

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You are welcome.

You best believe, genetics is the major reason for their success as runners. 70% of Kenyans live in the rural areas with more or less similar environment and lifestyle (walking for long distances, spartan diet (vegetabels, ugali and beans meals), however most of our elite athletes come from the Kalenjin ethnic group. The Kalenjin ethnic group live in high altitude area in the Rift Valley, oxygen is thin on the ground, as a result their hearts and breathing systems adapted to their environment. Subsequently, when they come down to lower altitudes, the abundance in oxygen allows them to maintain their stamina. Also, representation matters, seeing is believing. As a people, the Kalenjin have a rich history of producing Olympic winners- Wilson Kiprugut (first Kenyan Olympic Medalist), Kipchoge Keino, Julius Sang etc. Subsequently, it is easy for a Kalenjin child to believe that they too can succeed, hence the reason why they are able to pursue their dreams diligently.

I wear it to bed.

No cap🤣 that was me after having canned food in Australia 😫

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.

Mtu wa kapsabet

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

earljames delacruz The host's name is rosie

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

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.

Genetics 10% , Hard work 91%.

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.