Running times article on training in Iten...rip off of chasing Kimbia?

I got my issue last night and upon flipping through it thought the exact same thing. How original. The internet sure has made the world a smaller place.

got a link to the article?

So let's just have ONE reporter cover any basketball game, any football game, any horse race. Let's only have ONE viewpoint, one experience. Let's only have any athlete interviewed by ONE person. Sure why not?

Dusty Bones wrote:

So let's just have ONE reporter cover any basketball game, any football game, any horse race. Let's only have ONE viewpoint, one experience. Let's only have any athlete interviewed by ONE person. Sure why not?

I think the point being made is that the author of the said article does not have their own viewpoint. They merely sat down at their computer and watched all the Chasing Kimbia videos as the basis for their piece.

Now, if the author actually went to Kenya and drew all of the same observations, well that's great, however, highly unlikely.

If I were the owner of Chasing Kimbia I would certainly investigate the data source relied on by the author, at the very least.

Having been to Kenya (and Iten), it's kind of hard to describe a visit there without mentioning mzungo (light skin kind of stands out), malaria (I was on anti-malaria meds the entire time while there), and training routines. That said, I haven't read the article but I look forward to it.

spokompton wrote:

Now, if the author actually went to Kenya and drew all of the same observations, well that's great, however, highly unlikely.

Well, the author did go there, she spent time at lorna kiplagat's training center, so it was like a female version of chasing kimbia. I guess to me it just rang as a carbon copy of the website.

I'm a cynic, shoot me.

Do your research before ripping on people, jackass. The author of "the said article" was in Kenya last winter for 6 weeks.

And why is it so surprising to you that 2 reports about the same place would be very similar?

Maybe Toby Tanser should 'look into' the Kimbia site- didn't he write a book about Kenyan training and culture? And I'll bet he wasn't the first one.

By the way, the author also took, and is in some of, the pictures in the article. Guess she ripped those off the Kimbia site too and photoshopped herself in?

Matt Taylor wasn't even born when people started writing about Kenya, etc.

I am amazed that no one who has posted on this thread knows who the author is. Zika (Palmer) Rea started Zap Fitness. She is an excellent marathoner and a very nice person. I enjoyed reading about her trip to Iten.

Every day I am astounded by the degree of ignorance seen on this site. Holy dumbasses - did you even read the damn piece? ..or did you just look at the pictures and jump up and down screaming "rip off!" Perhaps if it was a pop-up book article with large print or a scratch and sniff it would be more in line with your needs intellectually.

The article was written in Feb. of '06 - before Chasing Kimbia even existed. The person who arranged the trip for Mrs. Rea was Tom Ratcliffe (which you would know if you actually read the piece) - who is the director of Kimbia Athletics - so a call for Kimbia to "investigate the data source relied upon by the author" is one of the funnier (or should I say pitiful) things I have read. The "data source" was the author who lived in L. Kiplagat's camp for 6 weeks. Again...all of which you'd know had you taken the time to read it.

You dorky ;-) letrunners have fallen for a plug by a Rodale troll and employee disguised as a post from stupid person. Rodale doesn\'t pay doo doo for articles and pictures and is in big trouble. They layed off many at RT/RW. I don\'t belibve you guys fell for that one ;-)

Bogarter,

You are a dumbass.

Did you even read the article? The author was Zika Rea (the co-founder of Zap Fitness) who has done more for the sport than you could ever conceive of. Furthermore, Tom Ratcliffe invited her and helped organize the trip.

In future, please engage brain before typing.

Doood... Bogarter is a Rodale employee, a Rodale troll, he did his job if you dorks buy RT. I won\'t. I\'ve seen this ruse so many times on LR before.

John Coctosten wrote:

Every day I am astounded by the degree of ignorance seen on this site. Holy dumbasses - did you even read the damn piece? ..or did you just look at the pictures and jump up and down screaming "rip off!" Perhaps if it was a pop-up book article with large print or a scratch and sniff it would be more in line with your needs intellectually.

This is funny, I don't care who you are. Sadly, it could apply to a substantial % of posts on this board.

Hmm, that article was written, edited and designed before Rodale bought RT. But I guess they could have commanded one of their troll army to post after the fact to bump issue sales. Oh wait, I forgot, they are actually trying to kill RT off, so maybe the intent really is to get people not to buy the issue.