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Bad Boy Running

Ep 672 | Creating Olympic Champions in Uganda - Former NN Running Manager - Jurrie van der Velden

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

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

4.7539 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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0:00.0

I've just finished the episode of Yuri.

0:04.3

And what I liked about this episode is we have in the past spoken about the impact

0:09.4

runnings had on countries like Kenya.

0:12.0

And even a few episodes did the curse of the Kenyans.

0:15.9

This episode instead focused on Uganda.

0:19.0

And Yuri was in a position where he actually started up a training group in Uganda

0:23.3

when people had traditionally moved as a good Ugandan to run in Kenya, in Yatem.

0:29.3

And so we get to actually talk about the real impact of what running can bring on a community

0:35.1

that's never had it that grows it then to being not just a

0:39.2

village but a town and all of the elements it has on the athletes involved on the people in the

0:45.5

surrounding area but even the relationship with the associations and the pressures on those

0:50.7

athletes to represent Uganda in races or run for themselves.

0:55.6

It really gives you an insight into the power of running, the positives, the negatives,

1:01.2

everything.

1:02.1

And this is all surrounded around the performances of one of the greatest runners that the world has seen.

1:09.9

Take it away, guys.

1:12.7

They're bad, their boys, and occasionally they talk about running.

1:18.3

Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainsford and David Heller.

1:24.7

Come back.

1:29.3

Baby, come back. With a bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

1:32.1

I must admit I was a clown to be messing around

1:36.1

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

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