Broadcast on ABC Radio National’s Rural Reporter in 2009. Long-distance races are grueling enough in mild temperatures, but think how it tough it would be to do all your training in the Australian Outback. It’s dusty, dry, and temperatures regularly top 40 C in summer – not to forget the snakes. Broken Hill policeman Wayne…
Angry demonstrators in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar have seized an opportunity to hold violent riots against the outcome of last weekend’s election, saying that they have been ”waiting for years” for this moment. The protesters have burned down the headquarters of the ruling, former communist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Police fired rubber bullets into…
Running Free joins Nicky Redl on her magical journey across awe-inspiring Mongolian countryside, sharing all the pain, pleasure, agony, and euphoria she experienced over the gruelling 100 kilometre Sunrise to Sunset course. It was still dark as we gathered at the start banner of the Mongolia Sunrise to Sunset race. I hopped from foot to foot to stay warm,…