Estonia 23 May: Narva - Mustvee
Welcome to Estonia! The majestic castle of Narva greeted us as we crossed the border from Russia...
...a city representative of Narva welcomed us at the border and together we ran to our first meeting:
...the Narva Soldino Gymnasium....
...kids from the gymnasium and from a track and field club met us in the Aula.
...after a short presentation the fun started...
Thanks for the great welcome!
...our first km's through the beautiful nature of Estonia...
As we reached Sillamäe, groups of kids were waitig for us and joined us at different places on our run through the city....
...runners from five different schools participated...
Thanks to the police we crossed the city safely...
The city representative welcomed the runners...
soon after Sillamäe we met a group of cross country skiing athletes along the road. They did turns in joining us...
...we reached Illuka, were the mayor and school children welcomed us...
...a nice presentation in a friendly atmosphere...
..the stamps did their job...
Thank you Illuka!
We started running off together...
...we said good bye to the children and continued running with the athletes..
...the kids did 1km - splits at top speed - they gave us a tough time but it was real fun...
..in Kuremäe we visited the Nunnery...
...a spontaneous meeting..
...filling our water supplies...
...later during the day we reached Peipsi Järv, a huge lake which is the border between Estonia and Russia...
...a perfect running day through the beautiful nature of Estonia came to an end...
Video Message from Dr. Davidson Hepburn, President (2009 - 2011) of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 25th Anniversary of the World Harmony Run and a vision for the decade: "Toward a Oneness-World".
Full Text of the 25th annversary message and link to 25 language informal Translations: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/25
or Click on language button for separate youtube videos wth sub titles in varous languages
- Youtube video on African experience which illustrates IYY slogan "Our Year Our Voice" International Year of Youth - Zambia World Harmony. They surprisingly mention Presidents and UN Secretary-General in a unique way!
- Listen to the World-Harmony-Run song: 2 min version // 6 min
See start of the International 25th Anniversary Celebration across from the United Nations at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in New York.
On 27th April 2012. in many cities around the world, special events marked the WHR 25th Anniversary
Distance: 125 km
Team Members:
Dipavajan Renner (Austria), Apaguha Vesely (Czech Republic), Sandro Zincarini (Italy), Sumahat Strohn (Germany), Mladen Vujaklija (Croatia), Tomaz Pivec (Slovenia), Ondrej Mocny (Czech Republic), Artur Sirazetdinov (Russian Federation), Estonian Runners (Estonia)
Harmonemail:
You can send a message to the runners or read the messages.
Gallery: See more images!
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