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When we invited
marathon runners from all over the world to participate who would
have thought, Zeus, the king of Gods would have accepted our
invitation. From atop lofty Mt. Olympus, Greece, Zeus traveled to
see how Greece’s original marathon had withstood the test of time.
‘Where were you when Mayor Prisca flagged off the 2006 Kisumu
World AIDS Marathon?’ Surely Zeus will remember where he was. And
so on this World AIDS Day 2006, we can take comfort that Zeus has
come from another land and time to bless our marathon. We can only
pray that Zeus’s appearance may not be all that coincidental and
may this be the year a cure or vaccine for AIDS is discovered.
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Josephine
Okumu, board member of the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation making sure
the runners have milk before the 7AM marathon start. |
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Richard again ponders whether or not to call it quits but his four
running buddies ran along with him for eight miles. Note the little
guy on the right, about five years old, running barefoot on some of
the roughest terrain marathoners have ever run on. Bare feet rule
the day in Kenya so think of that ladies in the Western World, next
time you need to but your umpteenth pair of shoes. A $200 pair of
shoes could have fed another 40 orphans dinner and provided them
with transportation to and from the dinner at the YMCA the night
before the marathon.
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Bananas, Jodi and two runners from the Texas Marathoners ran with
Jodi the entire race…. No, not the bananas, just the two runners. |
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Richard Brodsky,
Richard M. Brodsky Foundation President
Tobias Okech, Race
Director
Josephine
Okumu, foundation board member
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Richard proudly wearing his Key to the City. Mayor Prisca, Jodi, and
mayor’s assistant. After meeting with the mayor, Richard and
Josephine headed off to reserve Moi Stadium for the December 2nd
free concert. Someone had canceled our booking at Jomo Kenyatta
Sports Stadium where the concert had been schedule to take place.
Imagine telling Donald Trump that his stage set for ‘The
Apprentice’ had been booked by Rosie and ‘The View’ 24 hours
before ‘The Apprentice’ was to be taped! |
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500 orphans were fed on November 30th. The Richard M.
Brodsky Foundation is hoping these dinners can happen more often.
All it takes is money, and as one of the volunteers said, ‘We
brought hope to the orphans.’
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Hey,
I saw that outfit in Bergdorf’s for $750. Here in Africa it would
cost less than $7.50. |
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It’s
hard to believe these children are orphans and they can still smile
and they don’t even have IPODS. It makes you wonder are IPODS
really necessary to put a smile on a child’s face or for the same
money you can feed about 40 orphans. IPOD, feed 40 orphans, IPOD,
feed 40 orphans? Which is better? Guess IPOD won’t be a corporate
sponsor for the 2007 World AIDS Marathon.
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