With the leaders of the two Koreas meeting today, it seems a good moment to post this photo from 1988, the year of the Summer Olympics in Seoul, when I carried the Olympic flame for a mile during its relay around the south. This was outside Kwangju, and yes, it was a spectacle. 
Backstory: I was one of the few foreign journalists living in South Korea at the time, and the Olympic committee thought it would be good publicity for some of us to run with the flame. Athletic ability, how you looked in vintage shorts -- it did not matter, obviously ;)
The white uniform was obligatory, including the headband and gloves.
