A Champion Distance Runner’s Quest in Kenya | Run, Lornah, Run (full documentary) | FRONTLINE/World
How record-breaking distance runner Lornah Kiplagat helped other women in Kenya break social barriers and train to be professional runners. (Aired March 2004)This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Donate to FRONTLINE now: https://bit.ly/47DFzCb
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For decades, Kenyan men had ranked among the world’s best long distance runners — bringing home one Olympic medal after another and sweeping marathons from coast to coast in the U.S. Largely confined to traditional roles at home and on the farm, most Kenyan women had only watched from the sidelines. But when Lornah Kiplagat emerged from the highlands of northwest Kenya as one of the best female runners in the world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she committed herself and her prize money to building what was then the first women’s running camp in the country.
In “Kenya: Run, Lornah, Run,” FRONTLINE/World correspondents Alexis Bloom and Cassandra Herrman documented Kiplagat’s journey, met emerging female athletes at her unique camp, and learned about how they were breaking social expectations in a country that largely prescribed traditional, domestic roles for women.
As Kiplagat noted in the documentary, “At the end, it’s not only about running. It’s a way of changing the whole lifestyle of women in Kenya.”
In the two decades since “Run, Lornah, Run” aired, Kiplagat’s camp, the High Altitude Training Center, has become a destination for elite runners — both female and male — from around the world. Kiplagat, now a citizen of the Netherlands, continues to support young women in Kenya through programming at the center and through her eponymous foundation.
“Kenya: Run, Lornah, Run” was produced and reported by Alexis Bloom and Cassandra Herrman. The founder and executive producer of FRONTLINE was David Fanning.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Inside a Camp for Emerging Women Runners in Kenya
02:13 - How Distance Runner Lornah Kiplagat Broke Social Barriers
05:01 - Kenyan Runner Nancy Kiprop’s Story
09:14 - Credits Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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