July 10, 2007 - Media in Novosibirsk
- Runner: Sean Harrington
- Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Currently Resides: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Language(s): English, French, Spanish (basic)
- Family:
- Statement: "Even though the clean water problem might not affect everyone now, there is no question that it will, in the not-so-distant future, unless we make it a priority.” – Sean Harrington, 2007
After a few days spent in very rural Siberia, today we arrived in Russia’s third largest city, Novosibirsk, and were greeted with some eager press and a chance to really spread the message with some locals.
It was our day off running, but we capitalized on being in a big city by getting in front of some of the local news outlets. We went down to the local pedestrian pathway along the river where we met up with some TV, radio and print reporters. At first we were a bit surprised that the local PR contacts and reporters seemed to be dressed like they were heading out to the bars, but I guess that is just a cultural difference. Either that or maybe they were heading out clubbing after our interviews – after all, we did meet them at 8:30pm. In fact, one fairly scantily clad woman came up to our group and we were chatting with her about BPR for 5 minutes before we realized she was a reporter. We only figured it out when she pulled out a tape recorder! Regardless of attire, we were happy to have an opportunity to talk about the cause and get some media coverage.
August 16, 2007 - Pace Runners and Pizza
The past two nights we’ve been treated with Pace Runners here in Colorado. It is amazing how energizing it is to have new and enthusiastic faces milling about in running gear at exchange points.
August 11, 2007 - How beautiful it is
The past ten days of running back in the US has reminded me how spectacularly beautiful this country is that we live in.
August 7, 2007 - Lake Mead
Today, as our team ran through the Mojave Desert and past Lake Mead, we were all reminded that access to safe drinking water is not just an issue affecting the developing world.
August 5, 2007 - Homemade cookies
It doesn’t take much to boost morale. A dozen home-baked cookies will do the trick.
August 3, 2007 - Two fond memories
Today’s route brought us past two locales very important to me: the town of Carmel, where I proposed to Brynn, and Big Sur, where I ran one of my favorite marathons only weeks before the start of BP
August 2, 2007 - Fox News and school kids
Today was another stellar day in the bay area, packed with all the most important elements of the Blue Planet Run.
August 1, 2007 - Home Sweet Home!
Today was a glorious day as the Blue Planet Run made its return to the US with a beautiful clear day in the San Francisco bay area.
July 31, 2007 - Heading Home
In a few hours I will be boarding a United flight from Nagoya to San Francisco with the rest of Team Orange.
July 30, 2007 - Japan
What a wonderful relief to be out of Beijing and into the peaceful calm of the Japanese countryside.
July 28, 2007
This is going to be a very short blog.
Today we ran in Beijing.
It was hot.
It was humid.
It was extremely polluted.
There was relentless traffic.
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