ON A MOUNTAIN OVERLOOKING ADDIS ABABA - Running is the national sport of Ethiopia. It is also a favorite activity of Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. So, naturally, when he visited Addis for this week's meeting of the Africa Commission, Prime Minister Rasmussen made a point to meet the current world record holding marathoner Haille Gebreselassie for a morning jog. Rasmussen is clearly in better shape than his security detail. But he's no match for Gebreselassie, who ran the Berlin Marathon in under 2 hours, 4 minutes. Here's Gebreselassie explaining the finer points of running at 2,800 meters above sea level to a very winded Prime Minister of Denmark. More photos after the jump.
Mark Leon Goldberg - April 6, 2009 - 12:51 pm