What were you doing when you were four? Chances are, you weren't running 40 miles in 7 hours and 2 minutes.
But that's exactly what a four year old boy from India did yesterday. Born in a slum in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern state of Orissa, Budhia was a year old when his mother sold him for just 800 rupees ($20) after his father had died.
Biranchi Das, a local judo teacher, adopted Budhia and later discovered his unusual stamina. And so he had the boy run, for 7 hours, flanked by police officers and cheered on by government officials, before collapsing in the heat.
Budhia said he is happy to run and run. "During my (daily) ten-hour practice, I don't feel the pain; I enjoy it," he said.
Somehow, I have a hard time believing that he truly enjoys doing that.
