Going for a run!

11-5-2010

Some afternoons, when it hasn’t been raining, we’ve been able to go for a run (gotta start training to climb Mt. Kili!). It’s been great. There are bunch of dirt paths behind the school we’ve been running on. It’s gorgeous, we go by little mud huts and small gardens. It is mostly open land used for cattle grazing. In fact, on our first run, we were going down the path, and up ahead was a heard of cattle coming our way. We weren’t sure what to do, so we decided it was a great spot to turn around a run back! The best part about going for a jog is the pack of kids that usually ends up joining us. Everyone usually at least stops and stares at the 3 white girls going for a jog. But most of the time, the kids actually join in and run alongside or behind us! They’ll come sprinting and yelling across the fields or jump out of their house and usually run with us the rest of the way. At times we’ve had about 10-15 kids, mostly barefoot, running behind us! They are always so excited and happy, and seem to be getting the biggest kick out of the whole thing. They’ll follow us all the way back to our house, then , once we go inside, turn around and walk home. It definitely makes running a lot more interesting!