The marathon is easy. There are no lions.

This is an excerpt of dairy entries made by a Maasai warrior chief that has gone to London to run in the London Marathon.

Saturday April 5: a day out in Kent visiting a farm, training

I miss meat and blood very much. Not vegetables because they are food for a woman. There is milk here but blood is better because it gives energy. English tea with sugar is good and we tried Coco Pops, but the nicest food is croissants.

I wanted to see your cows because they are very important to us. But these were small. The horses were like a big zebra with strange metal feet.

The whole article can be found here.