Slate.com is publishing a diary this week of running writere Scott Douglas's trip to Kenya. Nothing for us running geeks, but it is interesting to see a magazine like Slate giving the subject some play.
>From yesterday's entry: During the speeches, the 2:09 marathoner to my right resumes his monologue about how Kenyan runners are different from American runners. "We are not like you people in America," he says. "These people, when they get famous, they stay simple." I think he has a point. When the speeches end, I look over and see Wilson Kipketer, the world-record holder at 800 meters, picking up bottle caps off the ground. You can find the diary at: http://www.slate.com/id/2117122/entry/2117123/ christopher
