The 23-hour flight from Los Angeles to Johannesburg was exhausting, but little did the umlungu (white person) know what was in store at a South African township not far from the border of Mozambique. The Peace Corps orientation professes to offer training in language, culture, safety and security. But nothing prepared this umlungu for the more than two-year assignment with dogs, frogs, snakes, traditional healers, baboons, and aggravating heat as he attempted to train for a grueling ultramarathon known as the Ultimate Human Race.
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