The OK Runner: Finland named best country in the world by Newsweek

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

This just hit my inbox today. I thought it was worth passing along. Pretty cool if you ask me.

Stephen Spada said...: Sounds like you had a nice time in Cali. As for Finland, Viren was a policeman and in speaking about his day to day work, he made it seem like the toughest duty he had was to write up a parking ticket. The Finn's athletic motto is "Sisu" which loosely translates to "never giving up...fight to the end" The "Flying Finns" included: Kollemeinen, Ritola, Nurmi, Isoholla, Viattinan, Viren, and on and on...; September 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Unknown said...: The national pride of "Sisu" is not to be messed with for sure. Karhu actually has a mascot who is named Sisu the Bear. He shows up at some of the events we do, but wasn't in DC for whatever reason. I guess he was hibernating.

I've been to Helsinki and got to see the Olympic stadium with a statue of Paavo Nurmi out front.; September 15, 2010 at 10:43 AM

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