Don't pack your running shoes if going to Burundi.........

[IannodaTruffe]

I just read this article and thought I would share it, to illustrate how subversive an activity like running is viewed in some parts of the world. bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-278...

We must count ourselves lucky that our running is sponsored by an arm of the state.

Keep running, keep smiling.

[Mummysaurus Graduate]

Thank you for sharing this, we should indeed count ourselves lucky

[spoonierunning Graduate]

I saw that this morning

[PandaRunner Graduate]

So sad. We are very lucky indeed.

[ancientrunner Graduate]

Indeed - and especially us girls who just could not do any form of public exercise in large parts of the world. Remember the female Middle Eastern athletes at the Olympics for the first time hampered by their running dress.

[misswobble Graduate]

My english teacher at school came to us direct from teaching in burundi and she told us all about the problems for the people there. The girls were desperate for education and we felt guilty at our own blase attitude towards it when she told us about the problems they faced on a daily basis.