With May being arguably the most beautiful month of all in Oslo, five young runners from New York City chose a great time to visit Norway. The runners participated in races and met, perhaps, one of the greatest stars in the running world.
7/2/2007 :: The runners flew to Oslo as part of an exchange program, initiated among others by Grete and Jack Waitz, and financed by the Norwegian Consulate General in New York, to allow young runners to visit Norway and compete in the "Tine Stafett", an annual relay run, as well as the legendary Bislet Games.
Left to right: Aiisha Ramsay, Alexis Pabon, the legendary Grete Waitz, Ramona Parnell, Miguel J. Colon, Jr. and MacGayver Alcantara, in front of trees in full bloom in springtime Oslo. (Photo: Mark Bernal / NYRRF)
The runners, along with Nils Johan Waldenstrøm - donning a "bunad", a traditional Norwegian costume - and Jack Waitz, at the 17th of May parade in Oslo, a colorful celebration of the signing of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. (Photo: Mark Bernal / NYRRF.)
Thor-Arne Englund / Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York City