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    Kenyan Athlete Demystified
    Kenyan Athlete Demystified
    Kenyan Athlete Demystified
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    Kenyan Athlete Demystified

    By Will Anthony, Jr

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    There is money in athletics! It is also a sport that keeps one healthy. The book goes to on to give you an insight of what happens in athletic camps in Kenya. Kenyans can be beaten in world races, but if you want to compete with them, the you must inculcate in yourself a spirit of resilience and commitment. The book goes to give what the kenyan athlete does while training. Interestingly, there is simply nothing academic about running on your legs. If your lungs can learn the strain, and the muscle to respond, then you are on the track!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWill Anthony, Jr
    Release dateAug 17, 2012
    ISBN9781476089096
    Kenyan Athlete Demystified
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    Will Anthony, Jr

    Will Anthony Jr. is currently the Chairman of the Uasin Gishu County Land Control Board which caters for over one million people. Before this stint, he worked in other capacities with the National government. He has also been lecturer in three religious institutions, a service to the youth to gather knowledge from the aging population. In his life time, Will Anthony Jr. says he has met a lot of people and can unflinchingly say that he loved most of them. Why most of them? Well, it is a tall order to love everyone you meet! Will Anthony Jr. has written several e-books touching on diverse subjects that relate to society. The books extensively cover human social and economic practices and this is so because expertise in one field in Africa can become a drudgery according to his practical view. His perception is that if you were born in Africa and the continent is your aboriginal home, you are likely to have English as your second language (ESL). Sometimes it could even be a third language. For him, he had to learn his mother tongue then learn both English and Swahili simultaneously. He went to his pre-primary bare foot, later he joined the local primary school 5 Km away and had to trek barefoot again not because his parents could not buy him shoes but because cobblers were a rare find. That journey was a daily toil of 10 Km, 5 days in a week or ~270 days yearly for 7 years. With a smirk he says that when you achieve a PhD in Africa, then You have done Plenty of hard Digging (PhD) or you have a Permanent head Damage (PhD) and you might end up in a ditch because your IQ cannot contain the booze like the local fellas!"Why did the English colonize Africa?" To keep the African languages in Czech (check), and he says that one must forgive this pun. But besides the pun, English has broken both social and economic barriers of the once "dark continent" whose forefathers slaved the white farms and firms to lace the pockets of their Lords.A PhD holder in Africa will still practice other 'trades' though they maybe 'very' learned because poverty is shameless, one has to draw bounds through plenty of smart work or else, it will be a shame to steal so as to maintain class.He published a book in 1992, but the publisher coned him , he took her to court and the case aged in judicial corridors for 12 years. He then made a decision to abandon the matter and to forget about writing books. However, Self publishing made him to change that decision. More than anything, He salutes Smashwords Inc. for the platform.In retrospect, He recalls a Dr. Alfred Sam, a friend of his from North America who was also a dean of studies in a local university, exposing his white ass in the university's auditorium to catch attention. The noise ceased as students and lecturers turned to look at the grown-up man on the podium doing the abominable. Well, the good Dr. in anthropology then simply pulled up his trousers buckled the belt and said, "Thank You, now I have your attention..."For the sake of simplicity, without much display of academia, Will Anthony Jr. is a writer in the global village market . For this, he Salutes all his readers and all lovers of written work. In a word of caution, he says that men and women alike must bear. In reference, there is an Ibo saying that every market place has it's mad people who will attempt to mar the business of the seemingly sane people. On the other hand, the English say everyone is mad, it's only the degree madness that is at variance. Salutes most profoundly!

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      Kenyan Athlete Demystified - Will Anthony, Jr

      KENYAN ATHLETE

      DEMYSTIFIED

      Will Anthony Jr.

      Copyright 2013 Will Anthony Jr.

      Smashwords Edition

      LICENSE

      This eBook is licensed for your personal use only, especially for furthering the Gospel message. This eBook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share the book with someone else, kindly make an additional purchase for each recipient. If you are using this book and did not purchase it, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the author's efforts and work. All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 9781476089096

      Title: The Kenyan Athlete

      PUBLISHER: Smashwords, Inc

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      A VIEW OF ATHLETICS IN KENYA

      KENYAN CHILD

      KENYAN MOTIVATION

      KENYAN TRAINING CAMPS

      A TYPICAL DAY AT AN ATHLETICS CAMP

      THE MENTAL APPROACH

      THE TRAINING

      SPORTS MEDICINE

      STRENGTH, CONDITIONING AND FORM

      THE STEEPLECHASE

      MARATHON IN PERSPECTIVE

      SEDUCTIVE CARTELS

      THE INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONHOOD IDENTITY

      CONCLUSSION

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      NOTES

      "Let them love athletics as a career. Endure pain in training so they can fight easy. Follow program fully and obey coaches. Above all discipline is the key to ever success. Let them emulate elite athletes knowing they can also do like or better than them."

      John Kibowen; World 5000m Bronze medalist

      DEDICATION

      To all the sportsmen and sports women of the world who each day run for the sake of human harmony. Games help to bring the world into a harmonious state. Let us all be sporty.

      INTRODUCTION

      Kenyan athletes have dominated international distance running in quite a number of recent years. Explanations for their success may include favourable physiological characteristics, which could comprise favourable genetic endowment, and advantageous environmental conditions. Sometimes people from other countries, especially the developed tend to compare the demographic characteristics of elite Kenyan runners with those of the general Kenyan population.

      The elite Kenyan runners specialize in distances ranging from the 800m to the marathon. To understand the Kenyan athlete, one has to obtained information on place of birth, language, and distance and method of travel to schools that these athletes attended. Most national and international athletes from Kenya come from the Rift Valley province. Kenyan runners are from a distinctive environmental background in terms of geographical distribution, ethnicity and travelled further to school, mostly by running. This information highlights the importance of environmental and social factors in the success of the Kenyan running athletes. Most of the successful athletes also come from poor backgrounds.

      If it is in your heart and your mind is set, you can run. Learn the secret and follow the trend.

      A VIEW OF ATHLETICS IN KENYA

      Investment into sport in Kenya is much less than as expected of a nation that is doing well in athletics in the international arena. Sport development is usually not a top priority in the national budget of most developing countries, Kenya included.

      A ‘vicious cycle’ is emerges as a result of the underdevelopment

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