A group of marathoners taking part in 2009 Daegu International Marathon race is running on the street of downtown Daegu. You can see a strangely dressed runner among them. The marathoner is a Korean Buddhist monk. He puts on the monk robe instead of a marathon wear, unlike the other marathoners, even when running.
Online news reports said that he resolved to start out in the marathon to spread Buddhism and has participated in marathon races including ultramarathon several times. He is now an abbot monk of a Buddhist temple somewhere in the southern region.
