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Mike: Where My Daddy Is?

katie — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:46:10 +0000

10/11/08 Good Day Readers, Hope all is well on your ends and you are enjoying a long weekend. I have been doing well and got some good runs in leading up to last weekend�??s, 2008 USA Men�??s Marathon Championships at the Twin Cities Marathon (October 5, 2008). I ended running 2:24:02 for 18th place. I was shooting for sub [...]

A Proper Gentleman

Neil McDonagh — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:49:09 +0000

I have become accustomed to encountering new rituals and cultural traditions over the past month. I attempt to take all things in stride, and not show any hint of surprise. Yesterday though I was caught off guard. I had decided to run a 20min tempo run, in the middle of [...]

HMMGRRLUH

Neil McDonagh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:31:32 +0000

That is the best phonetic spelling I can make of the noise I emit as 7 lean Kenyans blast by me on #13 (or any other) out of 20 hill repeats. I am beyond tired after workouts, and often later into the day that I often forget where I am when [...]

No Comprendo?

Neil McDonagh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:23:15 +0000

Kiswahili is not that hard of a language to pull from, but Kenya is a tribal republic. There are 42 or 47 different tribes here, and they all have there own dialect. It is most common to find people speaking those dialects out in the rural areas. Some people who are travelled [...]

Scrub-a-Dub

Neil McDonagh — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:17:05 +0000

We have been slogging through daily rains here in Kapsabet. When it rains the roads become absolute muck for the next 12 hours. Which seems to cancel many evening run opportunities and just long enough to turn your shoes into earth encrusted moon boots. I literally almost slide down hills [...]

Plugging Away

Neil McDonagh — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:18:22 +0000

Alright I have had a few comments and emails now about the food over here. Well pretty much everything is fresh produce, that ends up getting stewed in a single pot over a kerosene camp stove. Pretty much every evening we have Ugali with our meals. Ugali consists of maize flour mixed with water, and [...]

Not So Fast

Neil McDonagh — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:06:42 +0000

August 21, 2009 Well I am back on the mend already. Got some antibiotics in town and I have shook all but the last remnants of the cold, that had knocked me back over the weekend. I was even able to run the past two days. Yesterday I ran for 45 minutes but [...]

The English Patient 2

Neil McDonagh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:49:23 +0000

August 19, 2009 If anyone has questions about training, life or anything concerning running in Kenya, I would love to try and answer them for you. Well since my last post I have come down with what appears to be a common cold. Started to get a fever on Saturday night, and it returns every afternoon, along [...]

What Makes Them So Good?

Neil McDonagh — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:39:22 +0000

August 16, 2009 I have been getting by pretty well so far training. But today I was served of piping hot plate of Kenyan style training. I am not sure if I have run harder before, but I can guarantee that I have never been so tired. My travelling buddy was out visiting relatives, and I was [...]

Neil: Africa Time

Neil McDonagh — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:40:42 +0000

Ed. Note: Neil has been in Kenya for 2 months already. He is bringing us up-to-date on his experience by posting entries from when he first arrived in Kenya. Follow along with us. Alright! I have now landed in my final destination of Kapsabet, Kenya. I would have posted earlier, but Internet was running at [...]