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Bad Boy Running

Ep 652 | The Kenyan Curse - The Dark Side of Success with Jon Rosen

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7539 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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0:00.0

How you do bad, I've just finished the interview. And I think you're going to love this because

0:04.3

we often hear about running culture in Kenya and we've had discussed on other podcasts and in our

0:12.3

podcast even what it is that makes them such good runners or how they train. But actually,

0:18.8

this episode is so different because it talks about the negative

0:23.6

impact that running has had on the communities. It's based off an article that I read in 1843,

0:28.9

a magazine by The Economist, but it looks at what's been happening to athletes once they've achieved,

0:36.5

once they've got all this money and

0:37.8

they're bringing a huge amount of cash into these very poor villages.

0:42.3

And it was linked to an article called The Curse of the Kenyan Runners, but we go into

0:48.3

a lot more depth as well about individual cases and also about different ways in which it has had a kind of sinister

0:56.2

pervasive impact on Kenya. So strapping guys is really interesting. Take it away.

1:04.9

They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running. Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running Podcast

1:12.6

with your host, Jody Rainsford, and David Heller.

1:16.5

Come back.

1:19.6

Baby, come back.

1:21.2

But a bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

1:24.0

I must admit I was a clown to be messing around.

1:28.3

But that doesn't mean that you have to leave town.

1:32.0

We love to give the whole picture of the world of running.

1:38.0

And I've read this an article by our next guest to do with the Curse of the Kenyans.

1:41.7

And I just thought it was fascinating,

1:44.7

but also actually went into a lot of the conversations we've had,

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