Deo Kato

I run because it helps me to feel free. Because it takes me back to my childhood of running in Uganda, in Kampala, that childhood play of not having any worries. It's just kind of wrong.

I run because it helps me to feel free. Because it takes me back to my childhood of running in Uganda, in Kampala, that childhood play of not having any worries. It's just kind of wrong.

I was really blown away being able to cross the finish line with my mother. I had never imagined it.

I was really blown away being able to cross the finish line with my mother. I had never imagined it.

One particular day, I was feeling low. I was waking up at about 3, 4 in the morning and really tired, covering about 50 to 60 kilometers at a time. And then we bumped into a bunch of young kids around the ages of 5 to 10, and they just decided to run with me for about 7 kilometers all the way to their school. And in fact, we actually had to stop them to actually tell them to go to school because

One particular day, I was feeling low. I was waking up at about 3, 4 in the morning and really tired, covering about 50 to 60 kilometers at a time. And then we bumped into a bunch of young kids around the ages of 5 to 10, and they just decided to run with me for about 7 kilometers all the way to their school. And in fact, we actually had to stop them to actually tell them to go to school because

Because they just wanted to keep going with us. And that really uplifted me so much and gave me the incentive to keep going.

Because they just wanted to keep going with us. And that really uplifted me so much and gave me the incentive to keep going.

To sleep and wake up in the morning, not having to feel like I need to get up again to go for another run in the morning so I can be able to rest. And then to be able to enjoy Christmas with the family and loved ones as well.

To sleep and wake up in the morning, not having to feel like I need to get up again to go for another run in the morning so I can be able to rest. And then to be able to enjoy Christmas with the family and loved ones as well.

Also in this podcast... The Ugandan who's walked and run from Cape Town to London.

Also in this podcast... The Ugandan who's walked and run from Cape Town to London.