http://www.mongoliaonline.com/Travel-and-Adventure/mongolian-marathon/ Riders across the Steppe discover the meaning of 'post-haste' in the time of Genghis Khan, Minty Clinch writes On August 22 last year, 25 riders weighed in for the inaugural Mongol Derby. The challenge was to cover nearly 1,000 kilometres from the start outside the old capital, Kharkhorin, a five-hour drive west of Ulan Bator, the present capital, to the finish in the Buryat... Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:18:26 EDT en