MANNAM peace news : Run for Peace(2)

He's been running all his life, running for freedom, running for peace.


 A tour of Iran\'s leisure landscape A tour of Iran's leisure landscape
"I was much more comfortable," he said. 
"I was running and exercising every day. I also worked as a mechanic on the officers' cars once they realized I wasn't a threat."

Baluchi says running kept him sane during his imprisonment. Once released, he returned to the cycling team. Baluchi and his teammates traveled to Germany for competition.
"At that point, I never wanted to go back to Iran," Baluchi said.
He spent the next four years competing with the German cycling team. 
Baluchi was taken aback by the level of admiration and respect he received. He had little education, no income and would sleep wherever he could lay his head.
Once he was granted a German passport, he set out for other destinations. With only a backpack and his bicycle, he steered clear of transportation by car or train for fear of getting caught. 
He says he stopped frequently to help the homeless, despite his own very limited resources.

"While in Morocco I rode by this old man who had torn-up shoes tied onto his feet," Baluchi said. "I gave him my own shoes and the only $2 I had left. Anything that I had, besides my bike, I would give away."
On another African stop, Baluchi says he spent a day rebuilding the roof of a damaged school. 
He says he made friends everywhere he went, and they took care of him as well. 
A Portuguese family gave him $2,000, which he mailed to Iran for his family. And a Colombian dentist fixed his teeth for no charge.
His life on the road -- running in a security vest adorned with the American and Iranian flags -- took him from China to Panama, France and New Zealand -- 55 countries in all. 
Communicating the message of love and peace.
Eighty-five flat tires later, Baluchi arrived at the U.S. border in Monterrey, Mexico, asking for a visa to enter America.
 After waiting three months with no document, Baluchi says he got lost while riding his bike in the desert.
"I was 27 miles in Arizona and I had no idea," he said. 
"I was awakened one morning by a helicopter hovering over my tent. It was border patrol. When they told me I was actually in the U.S. I started crying."
It was a year after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, and a Middle Eastern man riding alone in the desert might raise suspicions.

"I started speaking German, hoping they wouldn't know my nationality. Once the officer searched my tent and saw one of the newspaper headlines 'Iranian Runs Around the World for Peace,' he jumped back and put his hand on his gun."
Until my heart stops beating, I'll keep running for peace"


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What I've learnt is 'never give up'.
Since I have been into peace, I've met countless people who don't seem positive about achievement of world peace.
I know they've tried a lot(not everyone though) and a kind of failed to get what they longed for which is world peace.
But we are human being.
What does 'being' mean?
Its active, not like a spot(sometimes I love English by knowing how letters work together).

Let's be being!:)

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I am totally lost at this article in BBC news website.
Can anybody find this article's address to share such this cool story with many people?
That would be so great(at the same time that would prove how I can be silly .......only sometimes..).