Israel is a runner. I met him a year or so ago. He was running along the Malecon early one morning. He has ambitions of being in the Olympics. I have no idea how that is going. He has a full time job and works out in his spare time. While sports are important to Cuba and its people, the facilities are quite limited and run down. There are none of the clean, orderly gleaming tracks, gyms, and aquatic facilities that we are used to in this country. After making his portrait I thanked him, wished him luck, and he ran off headed back toward Vedado.