Kilamanjaro

Mt. Kilamanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa.  Very few people choose to climb it but when they do usually only 50% of the climbers survive and make it to the top,  the other people  die or turn around.  It is super hard to breath in high altitude .  We live at sea level, so they only have 1/2 of what we have to breath.  Sometimes when you are climbing  Kilamanjaro you might come across a couple of animal bones.  Some scientists think that the animals want to see what is up there and are curious about it.  So they try and climb the mountain unfortunately not everybody makes it!!!

New York City Marathon 2010

On Sunday, November 7, 2010, the New York City Marathon took place.
Haile Gebrselassie, the world record holder, dropped out more than half way through because he had a bad knee, when he dropped out another man stepped forward. His name was Gebre of Ethiopia.  In the end, he won in 2:08:14.  Who knew a twenty-six year old man could run that fast!
On the women's side a lady from Kenya won, and placing second was an American girl who had never run a marathon before.  
Do you remember when the Chilean miners were rescued?  Well, one of those miners had been running and training underground, running through the mind shaft.  His name was Edison Penya.  He finished the marathon in 5:30:00, pretty good for a man who was trapped underground!