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Field trip into the Ethiopian way of running
- 2011-12-09
The prupose of the journey was to meet up with AfS clients and contact partners in Ethiopia and to take a look at the different training sites in Addis Ababa and surrounding area.
Besides the National Stadium, Andre and Daniel visited the highest training field in the area of Addis Ababa, the Mount Entoto on 3.000m above sea level and the well-crowded Janmida training ground at 2.470m above sea level.
Another training camp was visited in the Sulutra area on 2.750m and the Tirunish Dibaba national training centre 175km south of Addis Ababa in Assela.
"The visit at the various training centres and fields have given us a close inside of the training facilities and conditions in Ethiopia. Some of the places are surely applicable for groups from Europe", Andre Thomson summerized the multiple impressions.
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