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20 October 2009
RAB Sports Massuse, Roberto Ciurleo, writes about his experiences at the RAB Training Camp and his 5 day massage course for athletes and Addis Ababa University sports science students. Click here to read the article.
11 October:
Read Nebiyu Osman's 9th and final journal entry about his experience of training with RAB athletes recently published on the letsrun.com website:
23 September 2009: Letsrun.com 9 day feature on the RAB training camp through the experiences of athlete Nebiyu Osman.
Follow American athlete Nebiyu Osman's experiences of the Running Across Borders Training camp through his stories, video, and 9-part journal entry on the Letsrun.com website. Letsrun had not planned to share the stories beforehand, however found them so interesting that they want to release the entries 1-by-1 in a mini-series. The first entry can be found at http://www.letsrun.com/2009/rab1xyz0923.php
21-26 September 2009, Sports Massage Training
Roberto Ciurleo, RAB Sports Massuse, will teach a one-week course on sports massage from the RAB Training Camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The objective of the course will be to enhance the sports massage knowledge and skill of all participants. It will be directed at Ethiopian medical professionals, but also Ethiopian athletes. Look out for an update on Roberto's experiences shortly.
Results from RAB Developmental Athletes at Ethiopian World Half-Marathon Championships Trials
The world half-marathon championships, sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), will be held on 11 October in Birmingham, UK. With every country in the world able to send up to five of its top male and female long-distance athletes, the men’s and women’s races promise to be phenomenally competitive. Another amazing event, however, is the one where Ethiopia determines who it will select for its team. RAB's developmental athletes competed hard and impressively, read here for more!
Friday 7 August
A high school runner from the USA shares his experience of training at the RAB Camp
Nebiyu Osman, a young aspiring athlete recently returned from Ethiopia where he was participating in the Running Across Borders Visit and Train Programme. Click here to read an article from running website letsrun.com about some of his experience plus a video of a training workout he did with the RAB athletes.
Tuesday 7 July
RAB Developmental Athletes storm project competition in Asella
Last week Asella Stadium hosted an Ethiopian Athletics Federation Youth Development Project competition. The purpose of this competition is to allow athletes to represent the youth development project with which they train. The RAB athletes are in some senses ‘alums’ of the Arsi Zone Youth Development Project, because they trained with the project as teenagers but have since relocated to join the RAB camp in Addis Ababa. However according to the rules as stated by Arsi Zone Youth and Sport Vice-Chief Abdulay Hammu, they were still eligible to compete on behalf of the project. They dominated the meeting, click here to read!
Wednesday 1 July
RAB Mixed Team 10th out of 18 at Ethiopian National Marathon Relay in Hawassa
Sunday morning the RAB athletes competed in the annual marathon relay event organized by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation. Like last week, the team's performance was highlighted by a contribution from standout Assefa Girma, but his efforts were well supported with solid runs by a number of developmental athletes, both male and female. Click here to read more.
Thursday 25 June
RAB Men and Women both finish 6th in Great Ethiopian Run Ring Road Relay
On Sunday morning, both the RAB men and women had successful days competing against some of the finest athletics clubs in Ethiopia at the 6th Annual Great Ethiopian Run Ring Road Relay. 10 of the 12 runners competing on RAB teams were developmental athletes being supported in the RAB Training Camp. The race thus represented an important opportunity to evaluate and assess the progress of the training program. Click here to read more.
Sunday 21 June
Student-Athlete Visitor to RAB Training Camp Shares Experiences
Kayla Nolan is a rising senior on the women's cross-country team at Occidental College in the USA and is spending some time this month at the Running Across Borders training camp through our 'visit and train' program. She is also completing a fascinating summer research project on the role of athletics in the lives of Ethiopian women. Click here to read some of her experiences from her online blog!
Thursday 18 June
RAB High Altitude Training Camp Project--First Competition Sunday at Great Ethiopian Run Ring Road Relay
It was exactly 2 months ago that 2009 intake of developmental athletes travelled from Arsi to Addis Ababa to begin the Running Across Borders Training Camp Program. Since then, along with education and vocational training, they have been undergoing a rigorous athletics training regime under Coach Melaku Deresse Biratu.
Tuesday 2 June
Garrett Ash, Co-Director of RAB, is in the final stages of earning his M.Sc. degree at Oxford University, through Keble College. The charitable as well as academic work in Africa that Ash has accomplished during his time there was recently featured in 'The Brick,' the college's alumni magazine. Click here to view the article (Scroll to page 9).
Saturday 23 May
Running Across Borders High Altitude Training Camp Project—Weeks Three and Four
The athletes continue to progress toward assuming job responsibilities in the camp: Yared will supervise the shopping, Gudisa the cleaning and hospitality, Eshetu will be the program supervisor, and Eda'O the lead massage therapist. The athletes also continue with their education, lead by teacher Ms. Tinbat Amare, and they also attend a special session on massage techniques taught by Garrett Ash. Click here to read more.
Monday 18 May
See Amy Reinink's most recent mention of RAB in this article of 18 May.
Tuesday 5 May
Award winning freelance writer Amy Reinink has written an article entitled 'Ethiopian runners with DC connections provide inspiration on a rainy day', accounting for three of Running Across Borders female athletes and their sponsors Girls Gotta Run Foundation. Click here to view the article.
Monday 4 May, 2009
Running Across Borders High Altitude Training Camp Project—Weeks One and Two
The training structure and opportunities in education and employment that the RAB programme offers is now operational. Ten developmental athletes from the rural region of Assella are now residing in the Running Across Borders Training Camp in Addis having been in the camp for two weeks. Co-Director Garrett Ash, on the ground in Ethiopia, shares his experiences of these weeks. Click here to read more.
April 29, 2008: Athletes join new training programme at the Running Across Borders Traininig Camp.
Last week, 9 young athletes joined the new training programme at Running Across Borders Training Camp. They travelled with Co-director Garrett Ash from the outlying towns of Asella and Bekoji to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where they will be based for the coming months. Garrett tells the story of their journey; not merely a journey of miles but a journey of faith and hope for the bright futures awaiting these young runners. Click here to read more.
Thursday 12 March: 2L Coaching to Partner with Running Across Borders to Support Developing Athletes in East Africa
2L Coaching will as of this week extend its impact on the lives of athletes down to East Africa through partnership with Running Across Borders. 2L Coaching provides online coaching, giving any runner in the world with Internet access the chance to pursue training in a professionally structured system. Their work has tremendous impact for athletes all over North America and Europe who would otherwise have no such guidance, and struggle to progress as a consequence.
Wednesday 4 February: Running Across Borders and Girls Gotta Run Form Sponsorship Connection
On Wednesday Dr. Patricia E. Ortman, Executive Director of the Girls Gotta Run Foundation, announced that effective this spring the foundation would provide a sponsorship grant toward Dikinesh Mekasha Tefera, Seada Nura Bati, and Dunkane Keba Desso. These three women, hailing from the Bekoji and Wellaga towns within the Arsi Zone, represent the female sector of RAB's first group of developmental athletes. The grant will cover the food and transportation funds required for the girls to join the RAB training camp.
Sunday 31 January: Discovery Kenya Half Marathon: Eldoret
Athletes from all over Kenya were seeking to make their mark at the 17th Discovery Kenya Half Marathon held in Eldoret, the running capital of Kenya. Organised by Dr Gabriela Rosa, coach and mentor to some of the world’s best athletes with Nike being the official sponsors, the race always attracts a competitive field and invariably marks out future stars. Click here to read more.
Saturday 14 December: 12 Safaricom Nyeri Half Marathon
On a very hot morning on the slopes of Mount Kenya, 150 km Northwest of the capital Nairobi, the 12th annual Nyeri Half Marathon got under way. Conditions were always going to be tough for the competitors with the race having started at 11:00am, however, Peter Murikui, in an outstanding show of athletic performance, soared above the blistering heat to take the men’s half marathon title and setting a new course record of 1:01:52. In the women’s race Joyce Kandie, whom we met at the Loch Ness Marathon, sealed the podium with a time of 1:17:40. RAB athletes Christopher Rono came through in 1:06:24 with Jackson Magut struggling in the heat clocking a time of 1:14.
22 November, 2008: RAB athletes join European 5000m silver medallist Mo Farah and Beijing Olympic Marathon fourth placer, Deriba Merga in the elite entries of the Toyota Great Ethiopian Run
On 23 November, live on Ethiopian National television, world marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie will start the 8th Great Ethiopian Run. The elite field is led by Deriba Merga, the Beijing Olympic Marathon fourth placer who returned to Addis Ababa after having just won last Sunday’s Delhi Half Marathon in an impressive 59:15. Mo Farah, the 25-year-old Somalia-born British European 5,000m silver medalist will be a strong favorite also. He has spent the last 4 weeks in Addis Ababa taking full advantage of the optimal 8,200 feet training environment. World Championships 3,000m steeplechase fourth-placer Moha-mmed Mustafa of Sweden, as well as Kenyan internationals Glibert Yego and Raymond Tanui, make the field one of the strongest yet in the races history. Added to the race are 13 athletes associated with Running Across Borders. This is a great opportunity for these athletes to experience a truly world-class competition.
26 October 2008: Dramatic sprint finish leaves Lomala victor in 23rd Venice marathon; RAB athletes struggle in last 10km.
The Men’s Venice Marathon finished in dramatic style remaining too close to call right to the very last second. Just a few metres before the finish line Kenyan Joseph Lomala held off fellow Kenyan Jacob Chesire to take a very narrow win by one second in 2:11:06.
24 October, 2008: Venice Marathon
The Venice Marathon weekend has finally arrived and the hard work of the last 3 months has paid off. On Wednesday 22 October Yared Hailesilassie Hagos and Bereket Alem Kidanu, two of Running Across Borders’ most promising athletes, stepped onto Ethiopian Airlines flight 700 to begin the 4000 mile journey from Ethiopia to Italy. After a night in Rome and a four hour train journey the next morning with Garrett Ash, a hospitality car was waiting at the station to take them to the Russott Hotel, where Malcolm Anderson had arrived from Edinburgh 2 hours before. The Russott Hotel is where all invited athletes, sports coaches, managers and sponsors reside. This is our base for the next 3 days courtesy of the Venice Marathon Committee.
21 October, 2008: RAB athlete Kasahun finishes 28th in Addis Ababa 12k
Approximately 550 participants toed the line this past weekend for the annual Addis Ababa 12k road race competition. Like most small races, the Addis 12k is locally organized, and tends to only attract competitors from within the country. In Ethiopia, however, these conditions do not rule out the possibility of an Olympic-level competition unfolding. Indeed, the race was won by Tsegaye Kebede, the Bronze Medalist from the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon just two months beforehand.
6 October, 2008: 4th place for Project Co-Director Garrett Ash at the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon
Conditions were ideal for the recent Baxters Loch Ness Marathon held on the 5 October 2008. A chilled Scottish morning with light drizzle set the scene for the thousands of runners that assembled at the start of the marathon. It was dry by the beginning of the race with a dazzling autumn sun shining through by the time the first runners were crossing the finishing line.
2 October, 2008: Yared and Gudisa--Running to Hope
The genesis of Running Across Borders came in March, 2008, as Garrett Ash and David Alcock made their way through the unpaved, uneven streets of Gurd Shola, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, guided by their Ethiopian friends and fellow athletes, Gudissa and Yared.
27 September, 2008: Ethiopian RAB Athletes to Compete in Addis Ababa 12k in October
On 22 October, Running Across Borders will enter several athletes into the Addis Ababa 12k road race competition. This domestic race marks the first time that athletes will compete under sponsorship by RAB. The event is organized by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, and typically attracts many top athletes from around the country, in addition to those local to Addis Ababa.17 September, 2008: RAB Training Camp is Officially Open in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
On Wednesday, Running Across Borders co-director and coach Garrett Ash announced the opening of the organization's sponsored training camp. The training camp accomplishes two of the major goals of RAB: it gives Ethiopian athletes much needed accomodation and facilities, and it also gives foreign athletes visiting the camp the chance to experience the physical and socio-cultural aspects of Ethiopia that make it such an optimal environment for training.
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November 2009
Asella Cross Country Male Race
8km
Habtamu Getaneh 24:14:31
Aman Dakabe 24:29:40
Eshetu Gemechu 24:57:30
Edeo Hussen 25:06:45
6km Female Race
Dinkinesh Mekash 21:35:40
Hanna Megersa 21:50:23
Seada Nura 22:23:81
1 November, 2009: RAB Athlete Urga Ararisa Negewo competes in 2009 Venice Marathon
Six months after competing internationally for the first time at the Rome Marathon, Urga returned to Italy to run the 2009 Venice Marathon, an IAAF Silver-Label Road Race. Unfortunately his outcome this time was less favorable. Click here to read more.
22 March 2009: Negewo debuts at the Rome Marathon finishing in 16th Position in 2:16:01
22 March 2009: RAB athlete compete at the Ethiopian Nationals
Daniel Alemu was finally blessed with the opportunity to run
middle-distance races on a tartan track and it paid off in a big way as he ran 3:46 in the 1500 (a 3-second PB) and 1:52 in the 800 (also a 3-second PB).
RAB athlete Eda'O Hussen ran a very impressive 19-second PB of 30:16 in the 10k. At the high altitude of Addis Ababa Stadium even top-level international athletes often struggle to break 30 minutes.
Dunkane Keba Desso ran a PB finishing in a solid 36:23 in the ladies 10k.
Endila Teklib will compete in the half-marathon national championships in June.
Friday 13 March: RAB Developmental Athletes Compete in Oromea Region Championships; 3 Men and 1 Woman Qualify For Nationals!
As Ethiopia approaches its final month of dry season, athletes from all across the widespread rural region of Oromea descended upon the small town of Adema, to take part in the 2009 regional track and field championships. Four men and three women from the developmental atheltes of Running Across Borders had qualified for the championships through succsess in the Arsi Zonal Competition several months earlier. All the athletes placed top-10 in their events, and four qualified for nationals to be held 20-24 March in Addis Ababa! Full story here.
21km results
3rd: Endila Mekonen Teklib--Anonymous Sponsor 1:05:00*
8th: Eshetu Gemachu Denbel--Guernsey Island Amateur Athletics Club
1:07:02
Men's 10km
1st: Eda'o Hussen--2L Coaching
30:35:56*
Women's 10km
1st: Dunkaane Keba Desso--Girls Gotta Run Foundation; 36:27:89*
Women's 3000m
4th: Seada Nura Bati--Girls Gotta Run Foundation--Time Missed
Men's 800m
1. Daniel Alamu--Sponsor Needed 1:55:50*
Men's 1500m
1. Daniel Alamu--Sponsor Needed 3:49:13*
*Qualifed For National Championships!
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In his first ever international marathon Running Across Borders athlete Urga Negewo came through the finish line in 16th position clocking a time of 2:16:01. The 23 year old athlete from the Oromia region of Ethiopia had only raced in one previous marathon - the Abebe Bikila International Marathon, Addis Ababa in June 2008 (2:20:23). This was the biggest race of Urga’s career to date and his achievement in Rome is a very promising start for such a young
EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO EAST AFRICAN YOUTH THROUGH RUNNING
Although two of the athletes have focused on the marathon and one of them on 800-5000m track races, the majority have been training for the 10km and half-marathon events. This weekend they will have a chance to check their progress as they compete as teams in the annual Ring Road Relay organized by the Great Ethiopian Run, the organization directed by former British Olympian Richard Nerurkar. Click here to read more.
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