Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Humility. You don’t truly know the feeling until you’ve run with the Kenyans.
After four days of luxuriating in the heavenly confines of Tsavo National Park and the Finch Hattons campground, I head north to Iten –– a rural Kenyan village that’s built a reputation as the Home of Champions thanks to its incredible roster of locally produced runners, like Eliud Kipchoge, Mary Keitany, and Wilson Kipsang.
For the next week, I’ll run, I’ll eat, I’ll work out some more, and I’ll eat some more to fuel the next day’s run. When I’m not running, I’ll go to Iten town, hike to the nearby waterfall, shake fire ants out of my pants –– yowza –– and chat with Kenyans in an attempt to learn more about the secret sauce that makes runners from around here so successful. But hard as it may be to believe for some runners, there’s more to life than splits, paces, and PRs. So I’ll also head out to the countryside to learn more about how running is building homes for those in need.
Welcome to The Kenya Experience.
Donate to the Gathima Edwards Foundation: gathimbaedwardsfoundation.org/donate
Learn more about The Kenya Experience: traininkenya.com
Watch the first part of our visit to Kenya covering Nairobi and Tsavo National Park - youtu.be/8F_QINYjNDU
Photo credits:
Eliud last 200m - Wikimedia Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin: Wikimedia Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
London Marathon 2018: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Dennis Kimetto runs along North Colonnade, Matt Buck: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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📖 CHAPTERS
00:00 - Welcome to The Kenya Experience
01:06 - Day 1: Landing
03:58 - Day 2: Polepole
06:47 - Day 3: Track Day
08:39 - Day 4: Sing'ore Forest
10:08 - Day 5: The Boston Fartlek
17:19 - Day 6: Running Builds Home
22:20 - Day 7: One Last Run Check out my e-book featuring my 20 favorite off-the-beaten-path destinations in Germany! joebaur.com/product/germany-off-the-beaten-path-e-book
Humility. You don’t truly know the feeling until you’ve run with the Kenyans.
After four days of luxuriating in the heavenly confines of Tsavo National Park and the Finch Hattons campground, I head north to Iten –– a rural Kenyan village that’s built a reputation as the Home of Champions thanks to its incredible roster of locally produced runners, like Eliud Kipchoge, Mary Keitany, and Wilson Kipsang.
For the next week, I’ll run, I’ll eat, I’ll work out some more, and I’ll eat some more to fuel the next day’s run. When I’m not running, I’ll go to Iten town, hike to the nearby waterfall, shake fire ants out of my pants –– yowza –– and chat with Kenyans in an attempt to learn more about the secret sauce that makes runners from around here so successful. But hard as it may be to believe for some runners, there’s more to life than splits, paces, and PRs. So I’ll also head out to the countryside to learn more about how running is building homes for those in need.
Welcome to The Kenya Experience.
Donate to the Gathima Edwards Foundation: gathimbaedwardsfoundation.org/donate
Learn more about The Kenya Experience: traininkenya.com
Watch the first part of our visit to Kenya covering Nairobi and Tsavo National Park - youtu.be/8F_QINYjNDU
Photo credits:
Eliud last 200m - Wikimedia Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin: Wikimedia Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
London Marathon 2018: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Dennis Kimetto runs along North Colonnade, Matt Buck: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
FOLLOW ME
📸 instagram.com/BaurJoe
🐦 twitter.com/BaurJoe
⏰ tiktok.com/@baurjoe
📔 facebook.com/BaurJoe
📝 withoutapath.com
🏡 joebaur.com
📖 CHAPTERS
00:00 - Welcome to The Kenya Experience
01:06 - Day 1: Landing
03:58 - Day 2: Polepole
06:47 - Day 3: Track Day
08:39 - Day 4: Sing'ore Forest
10:08 - Day 5: The Boston Fartlek
17:19 - Day 6: Running Builds Home
22:20 - Day 7: One Last Run Check out my e-book featuring my 20 favorite off-the-beaten-path destinations in Germany! joebaur.com/product/germany-off-the-beaten-path-e-book
