Maasi at Puma Maasai in NY-day 2 Puma presents team shirts Posing for press Shirt that Puma is selling for us Sunte/Parashi at press conference Maasai & commemorative shirts Team visits AECOM’s Brian Field’s fundraiser Team mates Greg Sauter & Parashi Teammates Brian Field & Edward Amazed at some of the shoes in showroom Sunte Guys after shopping Going to visit David Blaine -again Blaine amazes the guys with his magic Maasai’s favorite person: David Blaine Sunte leaned 2 card tricks Day after the race Looking at times in the newspaper Samson, Leah, Alanis Carbo load dinner night before race Teammates Alanis Morissette & Andrew Wolfe Sunte power eats Sunte & Parashi eat the night before the race Parashi the night before the race Teammates Alanis Morissette & Leah Huxtable Parashi on a walk meets a friendly squirrel Sunte and his new best friend Parashi feeds the squirrel Kenyans are happy for warm day Running in the park Edward, Parashi, Sunte Central park with the guys Figuring out the Garmin watches Maasai guys try out the new shoes The Kenyans Stretching on a beautiful day Sunte & Parashi stretch Central Park Stretching before run Proud warriors Edward/Parashi & Sunte Halloween elevator Parashi’s fist flight ever - Camp to Nairobi Wilson airport in Nairobi Checking in Nairobi Airport Nairobi Airport first flight on jet for Sunte and Parashi flying to Zurich Zurich Airport Zurich Airport train they like it better than our subway Maasai Warriors make their way here Coming to America very different world than these guys are used to Samson hates air conditioning Long way to get here. David Blaine does Magic for Samson Samson is amazed Maasai Warriors visit Empire State Building. Realizing how big NY is Realizing how much of it they will run in the marathon Parashi worries that such a tall building isn’t stable. Samson was eager to have Parashi & Sunte bowl Teaching the guys the rules First timers. They were hooked Note the puma socks. The guys stayed & played another game Perfect Maasai form Sunte was amazing Parashi throwing yet another strike Samson is an old pro Great time bowling Parashi packs up Kids write goodbye cards Parashi and Sunte at camp Goodbyes before the plane Goodbyes Parashi gets on his first plane First plane ride for some The guys meet the dog Enjoying a warm day in NY The shoes they have been training in The guys hit their first shoe store New Runners Edward and the guys make sure they fit First day in NY and already shopping The Kenyans -last day in Kenya Getting better at Yoga Running in the Chyulu Hills Luca tries to keep up with the Maasai Stretching is important. Edward running in Central park. Caroline, Edward, Brian and Jessica in Central Park. Simon is MWCT’s advocate for people with disabilities. Massive strangler fig tree in the Chyulu Forrest. The strangler fig tree is sacred to the Maasai. Morning stretch in the Chyulu Hills The Maasai get introduced to the Downward Dog EN demos a good glute stretch Green Hills of Africa, browned by drought Parashi out in front. Nobody has seen him sweat yet. A non-native species in the eco-system Uphill running jacking up pulse rates Chyulu “suntan” Song circle led by Samson in a lava cave Sunte and Andrew Parashi and captured dung beetle Running partners EN and Sunte Study in confidence Stretch after 8-miler to the new MWCT headquarters Do Maasai actually ever need to stretch? Basic maintenance Sunte not really sure about this whole stretching thing Group stretch Samson, Edward, Parashi, Andrew, Sunte, Luca Half of the team from MWCT Samson is a yoga convert Samson, Parashi and Simon, MWCT’s librarian Parashi and students of MWCT’s school Parashi’s motivation Samson and Parashi: MWCT’s finest