The Great Ethiopian Run is a 10km race, which started with an idea from the team that set up The Great North Run in the UK, and was supported by the British Ambassador to Ethiopia at that time, HE Myles Wickstead.
Registered as an NGO, it uses the event to promote running in Ethiopia and health and social issues such as education for girls and safe sex. With so many young people taking part in one event, it's an ideal time to raise awareness and promote these issues.
It also hopes to raise the profile of Ethiopia and remind everyone that there is so much more to the country than famine and Aids.
All kinds of people get involved – people who have never run before in their lives take part, and there were quite a few people running in jeans.
But after all, this is land of long distance runners, and as far as I can tell, Ethiopians barely need to train to be better at running than us.
Read the full article.(published on 1 December 2008)
15 January 2009
The Great Ethiopian Run
This from an article in the Telegraph (UK):
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I cannot wait to turn this family into a team of 4!!! (Strictly for runs in familiar altitudes, though...) Love this article. Thanks for posting it.
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