We were driving into the park, and just a little past the entrance we ran into a traffic jam and were told by a police officer to stop the van. Namun, our guide and translator, informed us there was a marathon taking place and the road was closed until it was finished. Not wanting to sit in a hot van for another couple of hours, we hopped out, cameras in hand, and explored around the event. The official name of the event was the Mongolia Marathon for International Friendship and there were people of all ages and abilities 'running' in the 'marathon.'
We met a couple of students from Georgia who gave us some details about the marathon - which was actually a 5K. Their grandfather was actually the managing director of MBC, a major South Korean radio broadcasting company, and was also responsible for organizing the Friendship Marathon. We were introduced to him and were promptly asked to be interviewed by this guy:
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hahaha. how did it go? man, if i knew you were gonna be on a show, i would've checked all the korean channels to see if you were on. haha.
So now you'll be giving out autographs :o) I wonder if there's any way to get a clip of that somewhere?
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