In the heights of Iten, running begins in the red. Arriving on this deep, singular soil, runners owe something. To family and to the future. To those who first flattened the plateau with their footfall. To the miles yet covered, the self still undiscovered. This record was made slowly, over time. Across multiple journeys to Kenya, photographer Sebastien Lorsbach returned to the same roads, the same tracks, the same light. The images were shot on film, a deliberate choice that mirrors the pace of the place. These captures reveal that the essence of speed rarely springs from rushed work. In this part of the world, running is not an escape from life. It is a way into it. To run in Kenya is to step into a system larger than the body. Each stride stretches beyond performance. Past perseverance. It conjures hope and feeds households. It rewrites what is possible for daughters as much as sons. The voices that accompany these images do not explain running, they circle it. Agnes Jebet Ngetich speaks from within the effort, from the urgency of the body and the weight of responsibility. Brother Colm O’Connell speaks from the long view, shaped by decades of presence, transmission, and care. Together, they suggest that running is less about motion than orientation. A way of standing in the world. A global practice, grounded in a specific place, that binds body, community, and belief into a single forward movement. A choice to evolve oneself while remaining rooted in the red. Filming and editing @lorsbach_ Camera supply and digitization @backtosuper8 Processing Lab @andecfilm Music and sound direction @paul__reve Interview @sophie_esteve Transcription @natasha_drouhin Special thanks to Jef Pontier @guillaume_pontier@nicolas_poillot @axelpelletanche @lionel_fracture@kielbonhomme Many thanks @distanceathletics @adidasrunning