by Bill Donahue. Photographs by J Carrier. “Take a trip to Bhubaneswar, India and witness the circus act surrounding Budhia Singh, the prodigy who ran 40 miles at age 4.” From the article “Wonder Boy” in the August 2008 issue of Runner’s World Magazine.
bhubaneshwar, india//5.2.08 on assignment for runner’s world magazine amidst a record early summer heatwave, the air thick with the smell of flower offerings, car exhaust, and animal excrement. a barechested cherub, some slightly devilish devotee, smears a dab of paint on my forehead while praying for me and in the same breath “some change for [...]
