Comments on: The Barefoot Runner http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/ The Running iPhone Photographer Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Olympic Marathon Beijing 2008 « On the Run! http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/#comment-14 Olympic Marathon Beijing 2008 « On the Run! Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:03:38 +0000 http://ondrun.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-14 [...] The fast paced race was dominated by Kenya’s 21-year-old Samuel Wansiru who finished in 2:06:32. Samuel won the first Olympic gold medal in the marathon for Kenya. It was in 1960 in Rome that the first African won an Olympic gold medal: Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia, the Barefoot Runner.  [...] [...] The fast paced race was dominated by Kenya’s 21-year-old Samuel Wansiru who finished in 2:06:32. Samuel won the first Olympic gold medal in the marathon for Kenya. It was in 1960 in Rome that the first African won an Olympic gold medal: Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia, the Barefoot Runner.  [...]

]]> By: luke http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/#comment-13 luke Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:44:18 +0000 http://ondrun.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-13 Hi Pia! Your were really running with Abebe! Was it before his first Olympic marathon gold medal? In what year was it? Are you still running? I was fascinated reading about Onni Niskanen. He contributed a lot to the success of the Ethiopian runners. He set the base for their success which goes on until today. (Although a Kenyan runner won the Olympic gold medal today in Beijing…!). -luke Hi Pia!

Your were really running with Abebe! Was it before his first Olympic marathon gold medal? In what year was it? Are you still running?

I was fascinated reading about Onni Niskanen. He contributed a lot to the success of the Ethiopian runners. He set the base for their success which goes on until today. (Although a Kenyan runner won the Olympic gold medal today in Beijing…!).

-luke

]]> By: pia haldin http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/#comment-12 pia haldin Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:13:07 +0000 http://ondrun.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-12 Hi, This was nice,Onni Niskanen was my uncle ,I was running with Abebe B.when i was 6 years old in Bosön Sweden, Pia Hi,
This was nice,Onni Niskanen
was my uncle ,I was running
with Abebe B.when i was 6 years
old in Bosön Sweden,
Pia

]]> By: luke http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/#comment-10 luke Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0000 http://ondrun.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-10 thanx! thanx!

]]> By: Alex http://ondrun.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/the-barefoot-runner/#comment-9 Alex Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:38:23 +0000 http://ondrun.wordpress.com/?p=44#comment-9 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

Keep up the good work!

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