Seven Buddhist religious workers from the village of Sindhukot in Nepal are trading in their robes for running shoes. They want to become ultra-marathon runners. They hope that by running in long distance races they can help provide money to rebuild homes destroyed by a deadly earthquake in 2015. The monks train by running across the hills around their village in the Himalayas. Most of them are in their early twenties. They follow a firm training plan each day. The monks pray in the morning before going into the hills to run up to 40 kilometers each afternoon. Twenty-one-year-old Man Bahadur Lama is the fastest runner of the group. He said, "We found out that we can get many opportunities through running and hope to do something from our monk team: make a name for our village and bring development here. That is why we are running.
Title: Nepalese Monks Compete in Long-Distance Races
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races they can help provide money to rebuild homes destroyed by a deadly earthquake in 2015.</span> <span data-start-time='29563' data-end-time='37708'>The monks train by running across the hills around their village in the Himalayas.</span> <span data-start-time='37708' data-end-time='41646'>Most of them are in their early twenties.</span> <span data-start-time='41646' data-end-time='46750'>They follow a firm training plan each day.</span> <span data-start-time='46750' data-end-time='55771'>The monks pray in the morning before going into the hills to run up to 40 kilometers each afternoon.</span> <span data-start-time='55771' data-end-time='62479'>Twenty-one-year-old Man Bahadur Lama is the fastest runner of the group.</span> <span data-start-time='62479' data-end-time='76604'>He said, "We found out that we can get many opportunities through running and hope to do something from our monk team: make a name for our village and bring development here.</span> <span data-start-time='76604' 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