Haile Gebrelassie

The author of this book has been meeting up with the world's best marathon runner since 2005, following his world record runs first hand and visiting him several times in Addis Ababa. He has traced his background, traveled the length and breadth of the African highlands, unearthed interesting Ethiopian running stories and with Haile Gebrselassie's help, got a school project in a remote village off the ground. We discover the life story of a wonder runner from his childhood onwards, we reliv...