Friday, March 17, 2017

FOR-RUN SECRETARY Boris Johnson looks out of puff as he races Ethiopian Olympic running champion Haile Gebrselassie

BORIS Johnson hit the ground running on his tour of East Africa – by taking a jog with long-distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie.
The Foreign Secretary pulled on a pair of trainers to take a run alongside the Ethiopian sporting icon.
The Foreign Secretary out for a jog with double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie, as crowds wave flags at the side of the road
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The Foreign Secretary out for a jog with double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie, as crowds wave flags at the side of the road
Unfortunately for Bozza, Gebrselassie pipped him to the line in both running and fashion stakes
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Unfortunately for Bozza, Gebrselassie pipped him to the line in both running and fashion stakes
The pair consoled eachother on their joint effort at the end of the run, with Haile looking rather less worse for wear than the Foreign Secretary
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The pair consoled eachother on their joint effort at the end of the run, with Haile looking rather less worse for wear than the Foreign Secretary
He tweeted: “Phew! Also went for a jog with running legend Haile Gebrselassie! An honour to meet one of Ethiopia’s sporting greats.”
Gebrselassie, a two-time Olympic 10,000m gold medal winner and former marathon world record holder, was characteristically smiley alongside his lumbering political pal.
And he beat Bozza in the fashion stakes too with the Foreign Secretary taking to the starting blocks in a pair of baggy blue shorts, an old polo shirt and black socks. Read more here

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