James - 6.5

49:11
10.5K - Fuck yeah!

Ran down canal, had to dodge a guy in a machine with large blades who was cutting the grass.

I see the everyday politics in running, but how about doing a 5K against the World Bank in Washington DC?

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET

Flush with the lion’s share of the $1.1trillion pledged by G20 to combat the the economic crisis (SchNEWS 671), the IMF and the World Bank met in Washington last week for their annual get together. The meeting sparked three days of protest by activists less than convinced that the IMF - with its history of disastrous economic interventions - could be trusted to do anything but exacerbate the crisis.

Protests began on Friday (24th) with a ‘Run on the Bank’ as activists staged a five kilometre ‘fun’ run from Malcolm X Park to the World Bank HQ. Activities continued on the Saturday with a ‘Peoples Economic Forum’ held against the backdrop of street protests which, although small scale, were met with large scale violence from the police.

* See also http://dc.indymedia.org