Six Maasai warriors from the African nation of Tanzania are in England to run in today’s London Marathon, which will see 35,500 competitors run 26.2 miles (42.16 km). The Guardian chronicles one of their diaries:
Our elders told us we can do the marathon because we have been running all over, killing a lion and herding cattle. I sometimes run for two or three days with my cattle, and I have to protect them from lions. We can help the village by raising money to drill for clean water, so all of us have trained hard.
[…] The weather here is strange. From a window it looks warm but outside it’s very cold. It is better when we’re running or in the shower. We heard about showers before, in a briefing about the country. It said be careful - when the shower is hot it is really hot, and when cold, really cold. This is true.
[…] Everyone took photos of us, not the soldiers and horses. We are looking at one culture, and everyone is looking at us.
The Houses of Parliament are the best buildings in London. They use very strong materials. We hoped to see the Queen in London very much, but she is never there.
Photo from wildlife-kenya.org.
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