On. Their objective to compete in the worlds 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 bodys 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 hes a subsistence farmer when the harvest is poor he and his family have less to eat but that doesnt keep him from training hes 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 felixs 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 theres anything she doesnt 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. Thats why we want to concentrate on less people and thats what. I. My back. My back and what i think of the. Folk of wagner has a talent scout from germany hes on his way to eldoret a town in western kenya situated on a plateau above the rift valley its 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 winners 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 theres a lot at stake for them today on thursday morning and theres 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 cant invite everybody i can only invite the best you have to do what you need to when shes 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 lets 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 its 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 doesnt look good and wonderful and i think that the five and thats the way they went yesterday yes i still see yes talk. First of all the training is over im 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 its 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 hes interested in signing felix and eunice which would be an initial step on the way to europe but theres 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 youre strong in your mind you can always make it. And the pain and suffering doesnt 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. Wagners visit to eldoret has been a success. Now hell move on to ethiopia and zimbabwe to look for other promising talent now all felix and eunice can do is wait and hope theyll be invited to participate in a race in europe. Five months later felix unison two other runners have arrived in germany theyve been invited to run in marathons. Felix in Vienna Austria and eunice in castle here in germany theyre anxious to know whats in store for them here. What they need know what is needed if you know its 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. Im here. For providing this wife natasha race herself a professional runner she helps focus e to the needs of the runners its easter today so shes 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 thats what. This was to me it. X. You have to because. Its. Ok and you feel my passion. For you later. I met with. Them all and im. Going to my it was a warm and welcoming gesture on the part of natasha but felix and eunice are really hungry. They dont want it to you i dont 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. Its 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 its easier youre 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 thats how you can just relax around youll 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 hell to finish in the top three it wont 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 youre on the books like that kind of time yes if you need to run fast like the fish and youre 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 thats what thats 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 thats 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 dont cut the legs one head exam make it. You make it dont matter if you cant 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 shes guided in the wrong direction that cost the lead. How come there was never. Let. Your guard down im here im 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 shell have to settle for second place shes 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 wont collect any prize money but will still receive a three thousand euro appearance fee. That. The coming. Here on meaning youre. 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. Youre not able to go to the world record. You know. How its 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 hes home sick its his first time here its understandable they want to go home and i have cited that to. This shift or thats 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 isnt 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 theyve made so far after all the deductions. Then. Minimum. Felix doesnt think its 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 hell go back to kenya without any money and youre going to see my thoughts on all of the top one here is. Another one for me as. An athletes pulse reveals a lot about their physical state the nonscience a lot of fans and yeah you know name another group like. Felix his performances dropped in recent weeks. That he. Was out of felixs 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 didnt mean it with that we will have almost nothing left. Me and its the last marathon. Everyone will push really hard to win even though its a small one. Its not a done deal that ill win i have no guarantee our return home empty handed i prefer to return home with a little. Its not your fault hes expecting too much and you cant run tomorrow thumbs and one Half Marathon in a day than when youre exhausted and wont be able to outrun anyone. I mean you know me he wont force me i cant 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. Thats. Good you just. Dont 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 its 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 cant accept that people change their mind anything you know and then its not. When you have decided that you want to run this race i prepared everything and you had a great. But you cant change your mind or the two weeks later. So you dont get. Focus all tomato leaves yunis no choice she will compete in mannheim. So always being there and its 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 youre 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 its 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 hes 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 thats why. She too placed second but her time wasnt so impressive so shell only get nine hundred euros. Shortly before eunice leaves for home Falcon Wagner does the bookkeeping out of what was your first competition so youre 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 dont charge because it didnt 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 theres not much money in list and. I say in general theres 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 havent turned out the way eunice had hoped its not enough money to bring her daughter back home to live with her. That everyone at least shes home. And never been a kid will be. Ok. Shes happy to be back with her family to welcome her warmly. When youve. Been not. That. Theres. Eunice tells them about the differences she noticed between life in kenya and germany the children there dont walk theyre driven to school there are no children on the streets the laundry isnt done by hand its put into a machine theres 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 its possible to make money but life is more expensive there than here the more you have the more you spend. On. Felixs also returned to kenya he shows his family his winnings. Do they have the same money as us no its different they have euros. It really does look different thats 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. Were 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 its 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. One family. From a journey of somebody. To pass on the love and international brand. A shared passion. F. C. Byron munich to truly understand all the unique history hurts. Me as some young. Me out on sea kind if you can touch us refining them by an. Exclusive journey into the sun by a new name. Yes i mean its a kind of culture to walk we are who we are not suppose for what we are were a family unbelievable. To me a son me a phenomenon starting october fifteenth on d. W. Me yet. 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