The morning starts with some technical challenges, but thankfully Yuyudhan from Minneapolis is here to get us on the road again.
Many many thanks to Holiday Inn Express for hosting our team members and making our stay in Minneapolis so pleasant.
Our first stop is at Red Wing. While waiting for the other Peace Runners, we paid a visit to a local bookstore where we were openheartedly welcomed by the shop owner who kindly gifted a book to each one of us. She was very inspired by the Peace Run and offered her good wishes.
Ruslana running on a beautiful trail alongside the Mississippi River.
Preetidutta and Anya run together for 2 miles.
We meet some really nice and enthusiastic people wherever we go. It gives us such joy!
Passing or the torch from hand to hand, from heart to heart.
This is the oneness of our team members :) When finishing running they have kombucha ready and are cheering enthusiastically.
Nayaja carries the Peace Torch to Rochester.
Maureen Dudley, KIMT3 News reporter welcomes us with a smile.
We get to share our hopes and aspirations for world peace.
Interesting flame :)
Salil happily leads the way through the beautiful countryside.
Edgars from Latvia is inspired by nature's beauty.
The Peace Torch arrives to Winona and is received by Mayor Scott Sherman. It was a mutual sharing of the value of peace and harmony and their importance in our global community. The Mayor shares the ideal that we are all one global family.
Rachel, the local news reporter, holds the Torch.
From Winona we ran our last stretch of the day toward La Crosse.
We met some more lovely and inspired people on the road who happily held the torch and made their wishes for world peace. Pictured is Bruce from the Hastings Journal who kindly came out to do a story on the Peace Run.
Louis from La Crosse stops to hold the Torch as we are running into town.
Our day finishes at La Crosse on the banks of the Mississippi River. Time for some rest....and food.
The women's team is on dinner tonight. What will they prepare? :)
Thank you for the delicious Borsh, a traditional East European soup prepared by our runners Anna from Russia and Ruslana from Ukraine.
"Unlike the outer sun, The heart-sun Never sets".
-Sri Chinmoy
