United States 20 April: Falls Church, MD - Shelby, VA

Running in sunny Virginia

Today we started our journey in Falls Church, VA. We split the team to be able to complete our 82 miles for the day.
It was a beautiful sunny day.

Akbota started running for our team. Her beautiful smile and enthusiam is contagious!

Sveta running in fields of flowers

The second girl's team finishing strong for the day.

We encounter a few friends along the road today.

Three friends running for peace!

We are grateful to our RV since it will be our home for the next 4 months. Here it is on the road.

Our new RV mascots give us happiness and joy along the road.

"Frienship is the soil
Where happiness proudly grows".

Sri Chinmoy

The boys team enjoying their run.

Nickolas completed 10.5 miles today and along his run he met a new friend. Way to go Nickolas!!!

Meeting people on the road.

A passer by was thrilled to hold the torch and meet the team!

We would like to thank our new friend Ruslan who manages Roots Natural Foods Restaurant and organised complimentary meals for the entire team!! We thoroughly enjoyed the delicious, natural organic food. Much gratitude!!

Reported by Akbota Jumabayeva, Harita Davies, Santiva Morrison, Svetlana Perevozchikova
Photos by Arpan DeAngelo, Harita Davies, Jayashri Wyatt, Nikolaus Drekonja, Svetlana Perevozchikova
Torch carried by Akbota Jumabayeva (KZ), Arpan DeAngelo (US), Grahak Cunningham (AU), Harita Davies (NZ), Jayashri Wyatt (CA), Kaspars Rutkis (LV), Nikolaus Drekonja (AT), Rupasi Young (US), Santiva Morrison (US), Svetlana Perevozchikova (RU), Tanuja Konecna (CZ).
United States 20 April
Falls Church, MD - Shelby, VA
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