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Kenya's Biggest Marathon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ย. 2021
- We were lucky enough to be invited to cover the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon in the capital of Kenya. The event is Kenya's biggest Marathon. Anyone who has anything to prove will be there. For many Kenyan athletes it's their opportunity to get noticed and pick up an agent to get a start in a major International race.
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The depth of local races in Kenya is insane
Really really! The size of that front pack, the sound and energy it carries, was wild. And it stayed big for so long!
3000 runners 2999 elites and one white guy - somewhere 😂 like one huge elite training run, amazing talent.
How can you compete with someone who has been running throughout their lives. You've been going everywhere with a car school, mall, supermarkets etc
@@ChakitoTolu my accountant once told me “starvation” is a great motivator. Many of the best marathoners the world has ever seen come from places where they are literally out running starvation. Their work ethic is unbelievable. They earn and deserve all the success they have. Americans and Europeans in general have no idea what really hard work is - their grandfathers and great grandfathers did however. Heck we wouldn’t have meat in our stores if it weren’t for Somalis and other migrants willing to work in the meat processing plants here. It’s horribly hard work. No American is willing to do jobs. Many years ago when I was young we were extremely poor. We lived in an area with no jobs of any kind. At age 14 and 15 I worked all day in the strawberry fields picking berries in the summer heat along side people from Mexico. I was not only the only white kid the could and would do the work but the only white person period! I came to understand these people were just like me - willing to work hard to give their families better. The US was built by immigrants and we if we are to continue to grow we better fix our messed up immigration system and quit demonizing migrants. End of rant 🤪
@@marlinweekley51 Thanks very much for telling me what's going on there. Me too I grew up in the farm in remote place in Kenya you'll wake up very early to milk cows take milk for selling come back eat very small breakfast and go to the farm the whole day, come back go to the river fetch water and firewood and cook. By the time you are retiring to bed you sleep like a log. The life was programmed like a robot everywhere working Church, home, School and we were disciplined more than the current generation. We were not told what to do, like you we were harvesting maize, beans, sweet potatoes, cabbage. And you have to plant your own crops to sell so that you can buy for yourself books, pens sometimes uniform. Life was hard but we learned perseverance. Punishment was also granted for any mistake during the day for example you are heading cows and goats and they eat someone's else's crops you'll receive a good beating from the owner of the farm and your own parent. Let the Somali's work if the Natives don't want to work, it's like a curse, we have a lazy generation now only playing games on smart phones and competing on fashion.
Good on those other two to vouch for Elisha. Awesome footage as always. These Kenyans can move!
I is could has runned fast as they was if i was skinny as they is.
The shots of them just eating up the slower runners and when they were grabbing the water bottles really put into perspective how fast these guys are moving. Great to see it like that
God I love the kenyans and I love this channel. I love how you guys just record. No music, just nature, people cheering, the bikes wheels turning, and the foot landing on the ground. Superb 😤🙏
Absolutely. The sound of everything is great
This is insane, can you imagine those top 40 into all the major US marathons, damn...Inspiring.
Wow!! Whoever got this footage is a legend, this was phenomenal! Just shows the strength of the talent over there 👏
Crazy. Top three guys just cruising along finishing 2h 11m 09s, 11s, and 14s on sketchy roads with crazy hairpin turns, makeshift plywood bridges so racers can jump ditches, and very little race support. I'm guessing the rest of that pack showed up just seconds later. Putting this in context, the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials marathon standard was 2h 19m! No wonder we aren't competitive on the world stage. Our best showing in Tokyo in 2021 was Galen Rupp running 2h 11m 41 placing 8th... and that's running on a perfect road course without switchbacks & full race support. The Kenyans have SO MUCH DEPTH it's insane.
This is crazy! like 40 runners all at the same pace for so long, just unheard of
At altitude, no less.
With the depth of talents ; anyone who win Kenya marathon is not easy
7:12 Ive never seen a kenyan represent Turkiye. Very interesting move and my mother is from there. Great to see these amazing athletes preform
Nothing beats this raw footage. I'd choose race coverage like this every time over anything the MSM produces (especially in the USA market). Thank you and well done!
Amazing runners.. I love Kenya...And what a beautiful footage from Sweat Elite!
The last stretch where you see a barricaded section with a wall is Kenyas new memorial site to be completed next year. It is supposed to celebrate kenyas History and heroes.
Amazing; thanks for uploading! Loved the ending, and how the other vouched for him
this is really well documented, loved the subtle slow mo touch that you added. you could certainly stand to inject a few more of those to really hone in on the form of the group at diffenrt stages of the race. at 8:10 you see him really start to dig internally to push forward, this is that moment where all the hard work in training pays off. well done, this one was particularly inspiring!
The sweep car casually sweeping 2:30hr marathon guys
At domestic level the caliber of race is just insane , no wonder Kenya produces so many quality distance runner.
We go to school a very long distance so you have to run to catch up with time. Imagine running from age 5 going to school. Now this is just as simple as 1+1=2
Was someone wearing track shoes? The amount of talent in this is insane. Wow! everyone looked like they were doing an easy run
Great camerawork. Thanks for the vid!
Marathon at 1795 mts a.s.l. yet those guys are flying. Thanks a lot for the update 💯
Their normal training areas are actually higher, so they are used to the altitude. We don't have Kenyans from low lying areas dominating the long distances. Most of them come from the same geographical area
Great shots!! Man what speed!!!
Thank you for the video ! So eye opening !
I love how they run so flowy. We run so upright here in the US, and I learned it in H.S. and college.
Outstanding video. Congratulations to winners. The field in the race rivals a number of races foreign & domestic. All the best everyone.
their running is beautiful
To think a 5 minute mile is basically sprinting for a mile. And to maintain that for 26 miles, it's unfathomable.
It isn’t sprinting it’s just a really soild pace especially kipchoge 4:34 per mile for 26miles crazy
@@philellul4476 for him it may be sprinting since everyone is different
Watch the 2008 Beijing Olympics final. The last mile was sub 4. In a 5k race haha. Also the Berlin 2018 and 2019 marathon race are the best marathons ever
Lol not sprinting but definitely quick
@@ricardo_valadez try it
The average pace seems to have some errors: at 21 km should be 3'04" (not 3'23"). at 36 km should be 3'08" (instead of 3'00"). Unless split meant current pace. which is awesome at such altitude. Greetings.
blistering pace from the start
Awesome oportunity to film this! Great Job! Awesome views!
That was awesome coverage. Love these videos.
At this summers world champs in Budapest there will be 25celsius at the start at 7am.. In Paris there will be even hotter, If you want to select the best athletes to compete at the Olympic games you so give them the same circumstances
wow it sounds like a bunch of horses running. beautiful
That’s insane everyone is elite
Cool run! Please keep making these great walking videos and never stop! Thank you! :)
Kenya is the only place in the world where you will find such big group intact even after running 29.37 for the first 10k of a marathon
Lol facts
Did you see the man at the start of the marathon running with uncushioned soccer shoes
Yeah
Great footage, thank you!
awesome video. For once in my life, I'd love to say I was running so fast, the numbers fell off lol.
Any other race and you could blame the organisers for poor quality numbers, but at these speeds.... ;)
Thanks Angus.... awesone video with so many talented athletes 👏🙏
They should have tables spread out for water as opposed to people holding bottles with their hands. Secondly there should be supervisors on the course with motor bikes clearing the road ahead for these front runners from other runners running casually and obstructing the runners. Thirdly why are bikes on the track in the middle of the runners obstructing the runners. Hopefully these changes are made by the sponsor for the next race.
at 1:08 is that guy wearing a soccer shoe?
It looks like it but it has spikes like a sprinting shoe.
Futsal shoes
as said mr. Canova - basically in Kenya who running not under 2.10, their farmers in Kenya
Just think about it, these guys are awesome athletes and they're Kenya's B level--or C level--marathoners. That's how great the talent pool is there.
2:11 at altitude isn't B or C level also 1st place price money of StanChart is over 18.000USD, remember Kenenisa Bekele ran 2:12 in New York which is easy course compared to Nairobi.
@@19Kamau79
True
That's normally how inland runners check their times, it's like you know when you go to a cooler place or costal place, you are going to run a faster time, period.
Este canal es buenísimo 👍🏻
and they did it with elevation. what a talent
A 2:11 marathon at 1800 metres in altitude? That's superhuman.
Kipchoge and Bekele would have hard time to drop these youngsters 😄
Their pace equal with my 100m sprint pace.. wow
Good coverage, excellent.
Bravo a tous
تحياتي الابطال مراطون نصف مراطون كينيا
Top runners
Great video!
1:08 42km in futsal shoes?
Can you imagine? You win a marathon and they want to disqualify you. Another fact: you don’t need a pair of Vaporfly to win a race. Congratulations!
he’s literally wearing adidas’ version of vaporflys….
Who's making them?
@@mediacare6744 Adidas
You do realize they are all elites and basically, each indivual is being sponsored by different companies. Addidas, Nike etc. What am trying to say is, each company has to give its athlete the best shoes that they have made. So its basically equal in a way
@@benjaminonchaga1337 totally. It's a good marketing for Adidas. Nike is generally (%) used more across runners.
Wow, good finish.
Average pace 3.00? insane speed respect!
Lol 😆 someone said "Alphonse kuenda" 7:05
Haha, kuenda means 'to go' in Swahili. Just someone cheering on Alphonse 😄😄
kkk ta ai uma maratona que eu nunca iria ctz era o ultimo sahusahsauhsausha
It appears to be quite the clusterf*ck
Running is in their Genetics
Wow
Best marathon
More content? I am content
that dude had indoor soccer shoes, damn
2nd place guy alphonce kigen why was he running with Turkey shirt on? 8:14
8:01 AS AS AS AS BAYRAKLARI
🤣
Middle distance running workout give me
After 1 minute pace 3
Me: where is the sweep car?
😂😂😂they out ran it
@@benjaminonchaga1337 😭😭😭
Who designed this course? Marathons are supposed to showcase the city not run on the outskirts.
Not much beauty of a city in Kenya, the outskirts are probably nicer
@@ricardo_valadez Parts of Nairobi are very beautiful with green areas. I think they just didn't want the hassle of banning traffic.
@freedomm
it's more of that there are major road constructions going around in the city, so this route was chosen, plus the do pass near the Nairobi national park for the larger part of the route
Says who? I love the countryside.
@@listenup2882 A good course should pass by some of Nairobi's nicer districts, Nairobi National park and maybe end with fanfare at the city centre like the old safari rally. Organisers should contact me, I'll design a route for free.
casis
ni mah udah kelasnya elite runner lagi bang, langit bumi kalo dibandingin sama casis
You win a kenyan championship and most likely you win a world championship. You break a kenyan record then its a world record 😂
That’s a fact. And they all fear each other, that’s why its so competitive
Basically
What a shambles. The numbers fell off and They didn't even lift the finishing ribbon. And they threatened to disqualify him. Come on Kenya, you are the mecca of long distance running. You can do better.
а теперь посмотрите результаты в России - еле-еле бегут 2ч 12.
Ah, ma quindi non tutti i kenyani vanno forte
What's that winning time in sea level conversion?
Good question. Probably around 2:05-2:06 but it's a rough guess - most of these Kenyan's were born at altitude and have lived at altitude their whole lives so it won't slow them down as much as somebody born and based at sea level.
Most people cant run 200-400 yards at this pace, let alone for 26 miles
@@buddhabman ikr. I was just rewatching the 5000m final in the Olympics in Beijing 2008. Fastest 5k in Olympic history. It was ridiculous. Also the 2018 and 2019 berlin marathon are by far the greatest marathon races ever. These guys are absolute superhumans
this is no marathon. this looked like a 1500 meter dash. jesus!
Some of these non competing athletes need to get OUT OF THE WAY 😤
Where were the women?
They had there own marathon too
Any Indians can participate in this marathon
Probably the kenyan born indians
Any nationality can participate but world many pro runners fear the standard charted marathon.