HAILE GEBRSELASSIE SEPTEMBER 2009

HAILE GEBRSELASSIE “WHAT PUSHES ME FORWARD IS THE DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING NEW, TO SURPRISE PEOPLE.” HAILE, WITH 27 WORLD RECORDS, IS ONE OF THE GREATEST LONG- DISTANCE RUNNERS OF ALL TIMES. AS A YOUNG SCHOOLBOY HE GOT UP AT 6 IN THE MORNING AND RAN 10 KILOMETERS TO THE NEXT VILLAGE, AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON BACK THE SAME WAY.