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Nepal's marathon monks trade robes for running shoes

Updated 05 March 2018

Arab News

March 05, 2018 18:15

Swapping their maroon robes for running shoes, seven Buddhist monks are aspiring ultra-marathon runners, hoping the sport will put their remote Nepalese village on the map and provide the funds needed to rebuild homes destroyed by a massive earthquake nearly three years ago.