Here's to best laid plans and all of that ... In the outskirts of Addis Ababa and the Great Rift Valley, the RAE team has limited access to the Internet, so we're sharing others' stories on Nigel's Run Across Ethiopia blog as well. These are posted with permission, of course.
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Original posting, Sunday January 9th, 2011 
THE RUN STARTED THIS MORNING IN ADDIS!
From RAE DAILY UPDATES (Subscribe here)
By Bill Palladino, Executive Director of On The Ground
If you're reading this in the U.S., the RAE Team has already completed their first leg of their 250+ mile journey. They started at 7am Addis Ababa time, which translates into 11pm eastern time in the U.S.. Though I haven't as yet received any media or posts from them. Make sure to watch our RAE LIVE webpage and our Facebook and Twitter Feeds for the latest updates
The map of the running route is on the right. You can click the image to download a large PDF document of the map. Today's leg of the journey takes the runners approximately 33k from Addis Ababa to Debre Zeit. That's about 20 miles give or take. A stroll in the park for these athletes. Once the run is over, they'll be staying in Debre Ziet for the night. Seth and May will be giving another performance at the New Hope Academy.
I'll end this post with a story I sent out to the entire team before they set off last week. It's an Ethiopian folk tale that my friends at the Traverse City Montessori Children's House found for me. (They're studying Ethiopia in the school this year.) It's from a book titled The Rich Man and the Singer - Folktales from Ethiopia, told by Mesfin Habte-Mariam.
THE WISE FATHER
Once there was a man who had many sons. When he was old and death was near, he called his sons together. He told them each to bring two sticks. They did as he said.
Then he told each one of them to break one of the sticks. Each son took a stick in his hands and snapped it in two. When they had done this, the father told them to tie their others sticks together in one bundle. “now,” he said, “break the bundle of sticks.”
The eldest son took the bundle and tried to break it on his knee. He failed. “All of you try to break it, “ said the father. They al tried, but they could not break the bundle of sticks.
“Now listen, my children,” said the father. “you have learned a good lesson. Each one of you alone is as weak as a single stick. But if you are together, you are strong. Always remember that when slender threads are wound together, they will have a rope to bind a lion.”
These runners are learning to be a bundle of sticks. Stay tuned for more news ...
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