We woke up refreshed and ready to run thanks to a blissful night at The Lodge at Santa Fe for hosting the whole team. Welcome to Boijayanti who joined the team late last night!

We started the day in the historic Plaza in downtown Santa Fe for the Santa Fe Run Around event which is a 5K/10K Run/Walk.

After a short introduction to the World Harmony Run and passed the torch to interested participants.

The simplistic and beautiful Adobe architechture is prevalent in this area.

We are so grateful to Roland and the staff at Joe's Diner in Santa Fe who donated a delicious burrito lunch for the team. We spent some time chatting to Roland who is a dedicated advocate for sustainable food production, an essential cause for health and the economy.

New Mexico’s landscape encompasses high deserts, vivid spacious skies and vistas, wild and scenic rivers and stunning cave formations. Running through this enchanting natural beauty is an unfogettable experience.

We visited the historic Echo Amphitheatre which is a natural rock formation known for its peculiar audiotory reverberations.

The landscape changed dramatically, becoming verdant and lush as we headed towards...

Welcome to Harita, from New Zealand, who also joined the team last night.

A friendly local spontaneously joined Katya on the road.

What better way to finish the day than at The Springs Resort at Pagosa Springs?! The pools have a high level of minerals in the natural spring healing waters. Perfect for wary running legs! Ahhhh...

The Springs Resort very kindly allowed the World Harmony Run team to soak in these luxurious pools free of charge.

Many thanks to Farrágó Market Cafe, in Pagosa Springs, who were amazingly generous in feeding the entire hungry team with gourmet pizza and salad.

 

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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

See also:

• 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

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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

View some early highlights. The United Nations had proclaimed 1986 the International Year of Peace, and Sri Chinmoy wanted to offer a heartfelt and sincere expression of peace on a global scale. The opening ceremony, broadcast live on NBC-TV's The Today Show.. On April 27, 1987, five minutes of global television time was dedicated for the inaugural Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run with strong support from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the UN Secretary-General, celebrities Carl Lewis, Clarence Clemons and Narada Michael Walden, and thousands...Also includes Clips from Philippines; Sahara Desert, Morocco; Botswana; Scotland, Nepal, Russia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Ethiopia, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Great Britain, Colombia, Bahamas, Hungary, Spain, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Portugal, USA

– Shobhavati

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Distance: 100 miles

Team Members:
Arpan DeAngelo (New York), Shobhavati Davies (New Zealand), Jana Duskova (Czech Republic), Tom McGuire (New Zealand), Katya Percheklii (Ukraine), Larissa Zub (Belarus), Matthias Eckerle (Germany), Priyala Carvalho (New Zealand), Salil Wilson (Australia), Vajra Henderson (USA), Dzmitry Kuzmich (Belarus), Boijyayanti Gomez Badillo (Puerto Rico), Harita Davies (New Zealand)

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