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Running with the Kenyans
- Narrated by: Paul Tyreman
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
After years of watching Kenyan athletes win the world's biggest races, Adharanand Finn set out to discover just what it was that made them so fast - and to see if he could keep up. Packing up his life he moved from Devon to Iten, in Kenya, to eat with, interview, sleep beside and - most importantly – run with, some of the greatest runners in the world. In the distance rests his dream, to join the best of the Kenyan athletes in an epic first marathon across the Kenyan plains.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-03-20
great insight
Good book on running insights to the best runners in the world. Narrator was easy to listen to.
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- K. Mitchell
- 24-01-21
My first audio book
being a runner myself , I loved the story and find just listening to this in my car commute a great way of getting through a book . I got a real feel for the journey Finn went on and could picture myself out in Kenya running the dirt trails with them . A real simple and laid back lifestyle really has an appeal, and the basic diet they had really makes you question the crap you eat at home . Enjoyed it very much . Thank you
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- Sheribaby
- 11-01-23
Fun listen and that’s from a swimmer!
I found the dialogue well put together and gripping. Would welcome the author returning to Kenya to shed light on what some commentators have suggested is/was wholesale widespread doping.
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- GRAHAM
- 01-12-21
First audiobook I have listen too
First audiobook I have listen too loved it, it was well spoken
if you enjoyed running it a great book to read 📚
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- ArthurT
- 14-06-19
Quite an interesting listen.
I think I was expecting what the author set out to achieve in the first place, but ultimately didn't.
it was an interesting book, and gives a good insight into what the people of Kenya do and how they do it.
I think for me the book lacked a bit of emotion being narrated by someone other than the author.
it was well done, just missing a bit of spark.
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- Blondie
- 28-11-19
Good story, irritating delivery
I enjoyed the story and engaged with the characters and the writer's mission. The use of the present tense to narrate the past is irritating, as is the narrator 's occasional cavalier approach to punctuation.
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- Barbara
- 03-04-15
Should have bought the abridged version
Great story, but far too much detail - recommend an abridged version unless you are really interested in the minutia of Kenyan who's who and their best times - definitely does what it says on the tin though!
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- Sair0075
- 04-07-21
Really Interesting
I like that the Kenyans have something that can't be replicated by something artificial. It goes to show the power of the human body and I think that's brilliant.
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- 3d_print031
- 15-01-20
brilliant running journey
just brilliant book and performance. If you're looking here for the secret of the Kenyan runner you may be disappointed. But if you are interested to see how some Kenyans, who are runners, live in a small community while training for the big win, then you may enjoy this book. i sure did.
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- John Eastham
- 25-05-23
Excellent Narration
Enjoyable, easy to listen to story, very well narrated. I listened to this book for motivation as I’m training for a 10k run myself, it definitely made me feel motivated, some interesting insights into the sport too.
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