From the monthly archives:

June 2009

News and Research Updates from the Running Across Borders Camp

June 28, 2009

Although it may seem that all I have been doing is crying over the death of Michael Jackson, singing with world-class athletes, and making a fool of myself… I’ve actually been doing research since I’ve been here!
Here is a quick update of what the team and I have accomplished for the week that I stayed [...]

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The Heart Failure Heard Around the World

June 27, 2009

After running a few errands yesterday I came home to find the team taking an English exam. We were planning on having a coffee ceremony after the test, and so I went into the kitchen to begin roasting coffee beans/eating the popcorn that had been made.
When everyone finished the test, Tinbit, the English teacher [...]

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Runner’s High at 2100 Meter Elevation

June 27, 2009

One word can describe my running at the Running Across Borders Camp: Glacial. Every day I wake up at 6 in the morning to go for a lovely run/death march through the forest, pasture and/or asphalt maze.
The first day I did a 30-minute run through the agricultural area near the camp. It was [...]

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Running Team or Comedy Group?

June 26, 2009

I don’t really know what I was expecting to find when I came to the Running Across Borders camp.
I think I expected a group of motivated, quiet athletes who focused on running 24/7. Instead I found a loud group of young people, who were given the chance to live out their dreams and are [...]

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Running Across Borders… Literally

June 20, 2009

After a trip that would put “Fast and Furious 17″ to shame, we arrived at the Running Across Borders camp. It was a cute 3-story house that had just been built, in a small suburb outside Addis.
The rooms were pretty much empty but there were 3, count them, 3 toilets in the house! It [...]

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