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on. their objective to compete in the world's major marathons and the right. path that they hope to be one of the first to cross the finish line i mean. and why aspiring kenyan run as on their way to the top two means to. run. you are not able to go to the market but eunice let lyon felix keep her tits are doing all they can to make that dream come true. here in the kenyan mountains at an altitude of three thousand meters the run a start training at dawn they run twenty one kilometer is every day a strain that pushes that body's to the limits. the air is thin at this altitude

which makes breathing harder those who can manage the circuits up here are top flight. felix skipper to is one of them he's a subsistence farmer when the harvest is poor he and his family have less to eat but that doesn't keep him from training he's driven by the hope of a better life. tackling . the. tackle. and i want all the money gaiety and. over a cup of tea the men talk about the training and how exhausting it can be they also talk about travelling abroad to run marathons one of the man has been to germany

twice and he won the lead in. one way and. he tells the others what it was like in one race there were almost fifty participants the others look forward to the day that they can experience it for themselves. i was running on. my thigh thong many times can remind all of our. money now and for me. if you do not mind me you kind of train you for through doing now and then money to buy food. it is felix's firm belief that those who work hard will be rewarded he can already

finish a marathon in less than two hours and ten minutes only a few can make that claim. eunice low life is also a farmer she too wants to change her life through running when she was still a teenager her mother died eunice had to assume all of the housework duties and could no longer attend school that means she never graduated and is now ineligible for university her employment opportunities are limited she sees running as her only chance to make money. when my mom left that they left for somehow had. pins number one on the. desk same with my band and helping plan.

this is. not. eunice his daughter charlene lives seven hundred kilometers away on the border to tons anea eunice visits her twice a year. as a teacher and takes care of charlene and other children. in.

the moments with her daughter are precious to eunice carriages charlene to work hard in school and to talk to her teacher of there's anything she doesn't understand. that. you. are going to spoil me thank you. for that mistake again.

you got the picture. with one down there. i think the front you can put ok yes. ok ok. no no they have doing just make this test in running here then i can see what is the quality here and then i can decide who is able to come to germany you know yeah you know my people and they said sixteen times world record and i hope that some newcomers will make it to run or the two or six one time i hope this year. that's why we want to concentrate on less people and that's what. i. my back. my back and what i think of the. folk of wagner has

a talent scout from germany he's on his way to eldoret a town in western kenya situated on a plateau above the rift valley it's a long and arduous journey but he has a good reason for going there eldoret is where the best runners in the country train every year wagner tours east africa in search of talented athletes getting the fastest runners on the contract is the only way to make money in this competitive business wagner is under pressure not one of his runners took a place on the winner's podium last season. you know eunice prays for help to perform well she asks for strength throughout the race from start to finish.

the selection test could provide unison felix the opportunity to go to europe there's a lot at stake for them today on thursday morning and there's a long run for the head going and the reason for coming here and have this kind of test is to choose people who have the quality to come to you know i can't invite everybody i can only invite the best you have to do what you need to when she's on the way. we start this four times one thousand and you finish over there and then your joke to come here and then a jobbing means not do so and then. so let's go. so you have to run fast as leverage you know. for me to dominate yeah and if someone is going to try to make it. also bennett has to struggle it's not looking good. three twenty two is always three twenty two you can make anything he should

change a six and done a little bit. of genius doesn't look good and wonderful and i think that the five and that's the way they went yesterday yes i still see yes talk. first of all the training is over i'm satisfied mostly i saw good results and i see on the good level to do well after the selection test folk are evaluates the runners results so we have about twenty people to arrange the money is different. and we have to it is important that you have with us you know this is otherwise no chance.

we can start the next year this is already finished but in january february it's difficult to get raises from march we started to have competition you know. but anyway first of all contracts you need and then you see if you want to say. folk of our office selected athletes a contract and he's interested in signing felix and eunice which would be an initial step on the way to europe but there's no guarantee of a race and acting as their agent wagner would suggest them to marathon organizes they are the ones who ultimately booked them to race now we have all signed a contract. continue training be strong when you're strong in your mind you can always make it. and the pain and suffering doesn't end when runners take off their shoes after

clocking up countless kilometers the post training massage is painful too but regular massages can significantly improve performance and help prevent injuries. to lex. trying to relax. yes. and please. or. open. the door. and whatever.

wagner's visit to eldoret has been a success. now he'll move on to ethiopia and zimbabwe to look for other promising talent now all felix and eunice can do is wait and hope they'll be invited to participate in a race in europe. five months later felix unison two other runners have arrived in germany they've been invited to run in marathons. felix in vienna austria and eunice in castle here in germany they're anxious to know what's in store for them here. what they need know what is needed if you know it's dangerous he gave lion and tiger everything is in the forest. are you afraid of god mind if i.

say go for it. but you can run faster so the. fog helps the athlete settle into a small bungalow next to his house. you should stay here. ok. this is the kitchen. so this place you can do snapped up if you need and then this is some of the pictures from all people from the past some of them are dead my brothers that she is dead these guys dead. and then this is me when i was young and then i started the business maybe take a little bit you know joyce to and this is my way but. russia. i'm here. for providing this wife natasha race herself

a professional runner she helps focus e to the needs of the runners it's easter today so she's made something special. like. whoa. yeah this is what you. do when you pull your head think because this is what you know. but it is. the. vocal ok. felix. yeah that's what. this was to me it. x. you have to because. it's. ok and you feel my passion. for you later.

i met with. them all and i'm. going to my it was a warm and welcoming gesture on the part of natasha but felix and eunice are really hungry. they don't want it to you i don't know. but it does lead to a discussion about the holiday itself and the cultural significance of eggs eunice wonders why eggs someone suggested it could be because eggs give life. they resemble a pregnant belly from which new life emerges is that why they paint them eunice wonders why. when i think. it's the day before the vienna city marathon the top athletes have rooms at the grand hotel.

well i think you know most of the people this is going to only going to go to a good place you should be strong just stay behind and then it's easier you're out of this coalition because too many people run in one group is difficult you just follow them you know take advantage yeah ok so if i look at this list i can say it would be possible that you finish top three. i hope i remember what was asked. while felix is getting ready for the race in vienna eunice is attending a technical meeting in castle and the runners are getting the final details about

the course and the supplies available to them along the route. for this time one q three what do you want. eighteen fourteen fifteen that's how you can just relax around you'll try to morrow in the morning ride this time five fifteen every single right on your hand here so you can have a check and students this time this to plume is number one. this is almost three million pages and. every girl even three when does the easy. have to count people who are in front of you then you have to see when they slow down. and you can try to move forward. but i tried to follow the reason given structure in the way and if felix manages

a time of two hours and seven minutes he'll to finish in the top three it won't be easy though there are forty thousand runners in the vienna marathon including about twenty africans first prize is thirty thousand euros an enormous sum for felix but the competition is fierce right sue the government for the people i hope you can run like yeah right ok but in castle the number of starting runners is ten thousand and the first woman to cross the finish line will earn five thousand euros in prize money on the court i just show you like if you're on the books like that kind of time yes if you need to run fast like the fish and you're ever too fast or slow you. feet is the horse from. want to get angry at you need him to new crane. ethiopia costa rica people to come

in time to come up with. the play they can take care of it you. think it will get a fair say yes he. only moments to go. behind. thank you larry there is a very. large

truck but he did not falter is keeping track of felix his position and. you know that's what that's about. and. some would have thought. after thirty kilometers felix is part of the lead group but the crucial phase only begins at the thirty five kilometers mark that's when the run is a push to the limits of their ability.

after an hour and forty five minutes eunice and another kenyan runner a far ahead of the field in castle there in a battle for first place. one

head down head down don't cut the legs one head exam make it. you make it don't matter if you can't you can make it just keep. the other guy was no no no no

not a. number two means no no and own body. with just eight kilometers left to go felix is in third place. in the. last stretch before entering the stadium eunice is in first place but then in the final curve she's guided in the wrong direction that cost the lead. how come there was never. let. your guard down i'm here i'm going to know what the commentator announces the arrival of the first women into the stadium. eunice is just a few metres behind her rival but on able to catch up they can then be fired right

there. was only a matter of metres to go. back up the. number twenty two crosses the finish line first with eunice close behind you you need to not deny. there is no way to prove that eunice was given by instructions so she'll have to settle for second place she's earned one thousand seven hundred and fifty euros was her who was her the mirror. felix had problems in the final metres of the marathon in vienna and finishes ninth

he won't collect any prize money but will still receive a three thousand euro appearance fee. that. the coming. here on meaning you're. going to. get those and then a zero so that you never. would have. and being such a great day for full coverage no rider he gets fifteen percent of whatever his athletes. you go for ten kilometers you run twenty five forty five and come at us. twenty not forty. you're not able to go to the world record. you know. how it's doing.

the game and i only made the most of this is they come here with an expectation to me when i get money and then their hopes i shattered on to get. out of felix says he wants to go home. for good or service the money here he's home sick it's his first time here it's understandable they want to go home and i have cited that to. this shift or that's just how it is this. falco wants to persuade felix to stay in

germany and run another marathon so village voice or plan to go home. as he told his morning or you need any change no not no change no i have some plans in. so if you can earn more money would you stay if you can earn more money. when you have a chance to make some more money than you have to say decide what is up to you you have to decide if you like or not. after deducting what wagner has paid upfront for visas travel expenses accommodation and food felix isn't left with very much another marathon would give him the opportunity to work on more vocal wants to register felix and eunice for the marathon in mannheim the prize money is three thousand two hundred euros felix

i have in mind that you can run this race on the thirty first of me ok then you can start to prepare ok. we start to speed up tomorrow. and then the question for you with you news after running a marathon in cancer you think you can recover to run another is a marathon you will make it because you have four weeks to recover and if you get treatment i think you can we ok your problem is that the money in the last race was a little and you want to go home with the money yes so this means the only chance for you to make much more money is running this race with this money you can go home just some days later anything you need to know. explaining. that hope that things are getting better and that you are ok and then

you can run this race. in. unison felix are working out how much money they've made so far after all the deductions. then. minimum. felix doesn't think it's a good idea for eunice to run another marathon he thinks she should go home train hard and return in august. twenty second floor. focus preparing felix for the upcoming marathon in mannheim this time he has to play some of the twenty three otherwise he'll go back to kenya without any money and you're going to see my thoughts on all of the top one here is.

another one for me as. an athlete's pulse reveals a lot about their physical state the non-science a lot of fans and yeah you know name another group like. felix his performances dropped in recent weeks. that he. was out of felix's clearly exhausted and that was of all the omens for a world class athlete to. get you to. say we have three weeks left for our accommodation costs of fifteen euros a day and work out how much that is. all our money is going to disappear. and i really didn't mean it with that we will have almost nothing left. me

and it's the last marathon. everyone will push really hard to win even though it's a small one. it's not a done deal that i'll win i have no guarantee our return home empty handed i prefer to return home with a little. it's not your fault he's expecting too much and you can't run tomorrow thumbs and one half marathon in a day than when you're exhausted and won't be able to outrun anyone. i mean you know me he won't force me i can't run a better time right after a marathon. so felix even ready. because you have to run to her to the track you know how to go there yes ok so then

we need at the stadium ok. that's. good you just. don't seem to go in there for that thing you know the next marathon is in two weeks now i think definitely you. know dead of manly freshness if you will have a next season is the second question this next three days it's not going well i mean not much. because your form was too poor and i kind of you have only this chance to run this race and on the thirtieth of may. understand. but i can't accept that people change their mind anything you know and then it's not. when you have decided that you want to run this race i prepared everything and

you had a great. but you can't change your mind or the two weeks later. so you don't get. focus all tomato leaves yunis no choice she will compete in mannheim. so always being there and it's mostly all my training did you go hard on him a lot no no no but you know so do more of the others did better. on friday

rest is not a lot. of that it off today so in phoenix next week you go home you're happy yet when you fly just a little bit later the others fly on first and you fly one of two days later so all right what used for you after the race next. ok. to cry here is just a lot of them. yeah yeah. any problems or if you better more. talk you almost got in mannheim one thousand runners are waiting for the start signal it's the last chance for unison felix to earn some money. to.

accept your.

thank you. the old there they said as he crosses the finish line felix his name is announced over the loudspeakers. thank. god. thank you. i got it with. felix has come second he's awarded twenty two hundred euros the only ones who tried was some time later eunice also crosses the finish line. for france once a year that's why. she too placed second but her time wasn't

so impressive so she'll only get nine hundred euros. shortly before eunice leaves for home falcon wagner does the bookkeeping out of what was your first competition so you're in this time and then you have one hundred minus fifteen percent is the mound so in custody you have this time in this was the money minus sticks in my view and number two is nine hundred and then we have other expenses which you had for the state we have this one for the i don't charge because it didn't make money and then when i took it to cousin does this amount to and was cash now for the driver who have to take this or going to mannheim because they have no money for this so these are the expenses you have. but in general you can see in there's not much money in list and. i say in general there's not much money on your side. because if you see the difference which

is totally minus is for only one hundred ninety seven when and it is yes one hundred eighty seven. things haven't turned out the way eunice had hoped it's not enough money to bring her daughter back home to live with her. that everyone at least she's home. and never been a kid will be. ok. she's happy to be back with her family to welcome her warmly. when you've. been not. that.

there's. eunice tells them about the differences she noticed between life in kenya and germany the children there don't walk they're driven to school there are no children on the streets the laundry isn't done by hand it's put into a machine there's a machine to do the dishes too and a machine to clean the house. what about dogs. everyone has a dog they treated like children when a dog was outside their washington state and when it rains very tough it's possible to make money but life is more expensive there than here the more you have the more you spend. on.

felix's also returned to kenya he shows his family his winnings. do they have the same money as us no it's different they have euros. it really does look different that's a hundred how much is this worth in kenyan shillings. in with ten thousand how my. we were going. for felix the trip proved to be worth more than just the money. we're going to. eunice is father has very clear ideas on how she should

spend her winnings. when and how he thinks she should buy him a motorbike eunice says it's too expensive very very and i learned that . she tells him to be patient she wants to keep saving and maybe someday he will get one. eunice went on to compete in two more races in germany but her time did not improve . so folk of wagner chose not to renew her contract. felix went on to win the marathon in ran and placed second in seoul. that earned him

a total of seventy five thousand euros just minutes after the awards ceremony in south korea felix kippur to church signed with a new manager and parted company with polka wagner. yes. he was one of the bees in the apa family and the son. now by knee is back with his own album featuring a mix in the us. favorite. thirty minutes.

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