Out of Thin Air

''Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.'' - Adharanand Finn, author of Running with the Kenyans What we can learn from Ethiopian running culture written by an anthropologist and 2:20 marathon runner who trained with the Ethiopians. ''Ethiopia is a place where I have been told that energy is controlled by angels and demons and where witchdoctors can help you to acquire another runner''s power. It is a place where an anonymous runner in the forest told me, miming an imaginary scoreboard and with a completely straight face, that he had dreamt that he would run 10km in 25 minutes. It is a place where they tell me that the air at Mount Entoto will transform me into a 2.08 marathon runner. It is a place, in short, of wisdom and magic, where dreaming is still very much alive.'' Why does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up