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Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

$Emily, one of Lorna\'s trainee runners, cleans the floor of the camp. All the girls must help out with the domestic duties around the camp$

Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

$Jane massaging Lornah\'s legs in between training. To Jane and the other girls Kiplagat is not just a sporting mentor, but a sassy, assertive example of what they might become. Kiplagat grew up on a rural farm, just like them$

Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

$Emily milking the camp\'s cow which provides all the milk used in camp. The girls also grow their own vegetables. Kiplagat would like to see the camp become self-sufficient and be run by the girls living in it$ $Lornah running past women who are on their way to fetch water from the nearest well. Lornah\'s father had unorthodox views on how to raise his daughters - very unusually for a Kenyan father he did not want his daughters waiting hand and foot on their brothers$ $A collection of Lornah\'s running shoes caked in the red dust lying with her scales. It is important she maintains a certain weight. Many parents worry that by running their daughter will become skinny and ugly$ $Ruth Chebii, one of Lornah\'s trainees says \'our teacher used to say there are no jobs but some of you can make a living with your legs\'$ $Ruth\'s feet, sore from training. Kiplagat knows that not all the girls will make it. Her instinct is not to through them out but to help them gain other skills - whether office skills or physiotherapy.$

Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

Lornah Kiplagat- high altitude training camp- Iten, Kenya

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