Show Notes: - Big news from the weekend: Laban Kipkemboi (co-host of the Cribs video) finished 3rd at the Dong-A Seoul Marathon in 2:08:38. It was a great start to the Spring season and will certainly give the other guys confidence going into their races. Tom and Dieter were in Seoul and sent me this message shortly after the race:Laban ran a smart race, always hanging at the back of the lead group, which by 30K was down to 4. At about 34, Laban went to the front for about 1k, but then settled in behind the others (Bong-Ju lee, Paul Kirui-2nd 2006 Rotterdam and another Kenyan guy-Edwin Komen). At 36.5k Kirui pushed very hard and dropped everyone. Laban was in 4th and looked pretty good, but was struggling a bit with the significant increase in pace. At about 38k he went into 3rd and was gaining on Lee, but just as Lee put his head down and really pushed to catch Kirui. He eventually passed him at 40.5k. Laban rallied a bit and looked to hav e a good shot at passing Kirui, but ended up 3rd. Congratulations to Laban - a podium finish. - Today's video is a sampling of footage from a rainy spell we had in Iten. The weather was beautiful for our entire trip, except for on 4-day stretch where it rained every single day. Godfrey kept calling it an el nino, which I believe is what they call the rainy season. Either way, it was pretty miserable and almost impossible to run at certain times. The dirt or clay from the roads sticks to the bottom of your shoes making them really heavy. And in certain areas the puddles were the width of the entire road. We got stuck in the car a few times... - There are some interesting shots in this episode. In the first scene you can hear the BBC playing on the radio. The little boy who waves to the camera actually ran with the group for about 400 meters. He must be, what, six years old? In the shots where the guys are steaming...they're not in a sauna. They're sitting under the stands at Kamariny Stadium. I really like that footage. There's a shot where Yuda hands off a pile of jackets to the truck. Normally the guys just drop their jackets along the road and we pick them up, but because the roads were so muddy, Yuda had to hand them over to the truck. The shots on the track where I'm running alongside or behind the guys, I'm actually on a bike. Of course, I could barely keep up, but I blame it on flat tires. In the comeback, Godfrey is recounting a story about Dieter. Police sit on the main road into Iten and often pull people over. To get on their good side, Dieter gave them some t-shirts one day. A day later he and Godfrey got pulled over for having too many guys in the car...but it turns out the guy just wanted a ride into town. Somehow he squeezed into the back.- Today's podsafe music includes "When You" by The Moot, "Runaway" by The Adam Woodall Band, and "Gonna Rain Tonight" by Damon Timm.To learn more visit chasingKIMBIA. --- chasingKIMBIA.com is a blogumentary documenting the lifestyle and training of some of the world's best marathon runners. Season One provided an unprecedented vantage point of the highs and lows of professional running as seven athletes prepared for the Chicago and New York City marathons. Season Two brings even more excitement and deeper coverage to the sport as we travel to the training camp in Iten, Kenya where the athletes are preparing for the Boston, London, and Rotterdam marathons. This is your backstage pass. Follow the journey at www.chasingkimbia.com.