In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race.
Haile Gebrselassie
I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck.
My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time.
I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a... →
I'm lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be... →
I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.
Patrick Geddes
For people that are degenerates, if you've spent so much time feeling a certain way, it's actually uncomfortable to feel like a winner. The... →
Jason Gedrick
I used to do promo work, where you would be paid not very much to stand in the street for a very long time endorsing a product that you'd either... →
Chris Geere
I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.
Clifford Geertz