South Africa's unlikely ultramarathoner helps others cross the finish line

“We were literally being chased from the word go by the buses that pick up the people who can’t go on anymore,” says Ms. Thungo, who ran that morning with a pacers flag sticking out of her backpack, which announced her projected finishing time: 12:00. Here were black South Africans competing against white South Africans, sharing, for a brief moment, the same goal, the same struggle, the same pain.

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KWs8n4