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Run the World by Becky Wade is available in paperback starting Tuesday. Heres an excerpt.Id been in Ethiopia only a week but had run enough (once or twice per day) to know what to expect. The captain of the day -- today, Derartu -- would take off into the forest like a mother duck with her chicks in a single-file line behind her, choosing any pace and any route, no matter how serpentine or perilous. It didnt help to ask for specifics in advance; rarely was the distance or speed predetermined -- as I learned on my very first day when the thirty-minute run Id requested lasted over an hour and no one but Dan and I seemed to notice. The girls were unable even to estimate their weekly volume. (Twenty miles? Banchi had responded when I asked her how many miles or kilometers she typically runs in one week. Sensing my shock, she said, Maybe one hundred?)Beyond dictating the logistics of the run, Derartus primary responsibilities as the line leader were first, to warm everyone up gently -- the pace after that was up to her discretion -- and second to set off the chain of snaps and finger points whenever an obstacle such as a root or a crack in the dirt arose: the warning system among Ethiopian runners. I assumed that the incessant snapping I heard ahead of me was for rhythm, like an oddly calibrated metronome, and my first couple of runs there, before Id caught on, were among the most challenging of my trip. Why on earth are we zigzagging through this uneven field of eucalyptus plants, circling the same tree over and over, when theres a perfectly good running path just a few meters away? Id wondered, feeling more and more flustered. With limited visibility and the ground in front of me packed with crevices and holes, I kept kicking roots, ripping over rocks, and coming dangerously close to twisting an ankle.But now, ten Ethiopian runs deep, I stopped hoping for smooth routes, and treated every snap as a red flag. As the six of us continued our ascent up Mount Entoto, my focus shifted from the incline ahead to a flash of movement in the forest to our right. A brightly clothed figure, a bundle of branches on her back, was also trekking up the mountain, not at our pace but much quicker than our earlier hike. I made out a womans silhouette beneath the patterned cloak, a headpiece covering her hair but nothing between her bare feet and the rough carpet of earth below her.A firewood carrier, Dan explained from one position ahead. These women hike up and down Mount Entoto every day, dawn to dusk, collecting eucalyptus branches to be sold in the marketplace. For less than a dollar a day. The torturous work can permanently cripple them from a very young age, bending their torsos ninety degrees even as they remain nimble. But as contorted as some of their bodies were, most of the firewood carriers I saw moved with extraordinary strength and grace. How fortunate I am to get so much enjoyment from running, I thought. Exercise to these women meant something much different: an obligation, a livelihood, and an arduous and back-breaking means to survival.Cheap Nike Free Run NZ For Sale . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. Clearance Nike Running Shoes NZ . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel. http://www.nikefreecheapnz.com/ . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. 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The U.S. wrestler and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say.EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- When it comes to NFL officials, New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr . has a hard time holding his tongue.Three days after complaining about the work of referee Terry McAulay and his crew in New Yorks loss to the Steelers in Pittsburgh, Beckham was asked about coach Ben McAdoo seemingly backing him up on Monday.Beckham had said after the game he did not want to see McAulay and his crew at another game this season.While McAdoo did not criticize the officials, the rookie head man said the Giants intended to ask the NFL for clarifications on some rulings in the game, and there were a lot of them.Beckham, who has 75 catches for 1,015 yards and eight touchdowns, said Wednesday that he wasnt surprised by his coachs comment.Beckham, who seemed to be grabbed around the waist a few times before passes reached him, then went off again.Like I said, everyone knows whats going on on the field, the 24-year-old said. Everyone cann see it.dddddddddddd Stevie Wonder can see it. It just is what it is. You cant do anything about it. Theres no point. I shouldnt have even brought it up. Its always a lose-lose situation. Either youre speaking out on it and trying to defend yourself or the other way around in which youre complaining.Either way it goes, I shouldnt have ever brought it up, Beckham said. Nothing is going to change. No calls are going to be made because of what I say now. You just have to keep playing. You know what youre going against. Its the Giants against everyone. I wouldnt want it any other way.Sunday, the opponent for Beckham and the Giants (8-4) will be the Dallas Cowboys (11-1), who have won 11 straight after losing the season opener to New York.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '