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Fascinating Training Lessons From Ethiopian Marathon Runners

Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to Running

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Ethiopian Running

In Kenya, athletics was basically introduced in a colonial context by the British. Ethiopia was never formally colonized in the same way. A BB Bikala went to the Olympics in Rome in 1960 and won the marathon running barefoot. That kind of sparked this huge amount of national pride in Ethiopian running. Nowadays, you have a whole tier of first division running clubs that are supported by the bank, local bank, the cement factory, the army, the prison service. Those institutions basically pay athletes a salary just to run full time.

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