transport individuel et collectif – Photo Thomas Crabot

attachez les enfants à l’arrière ! – Photo Thomas Crabot

monte charge – Photo Thomas Crabot

merci Viera ; merci Henry ! – Photo Thomas Crabot

40 ° au soleil – Photo Thomas Crabot

statut du maître de la médecine – Photo Thomas Crabot

étales sur le bord de route – Photo Thomas Crabot

encore un éffort pour les 14 000 kms – Photo Thomas Crabot

ravito – Photo Thomas Crabot

14 000 km sous les yeux de CCTV – Photo Thomas Crabot

1 millier de plus avalé ! – Photo Thomas Crabot

mr Seguin – Photo Thomas Crabot

lavoir en plein air – Photo Thomas Crabot

méandres d’une rivière – Photo Thomas Crabot

D189 – 75.9Km

SATURDAY, JUNE 24
N33 26.886 E111 05.647 (403m – Xiping) – N33 10.896 E111 42.315 (215m)
75.9 km – 10H50′
14000 km in 187 days, 21 hours and 28 minutes.

For the first time in six months, Serge’s watch was not completely charged because of a poor contact.  At 7H00, catastrophe, we had to charge the watch and initialize it: 15 minutes lost.  7H15, Serge left, accompanied by Mr. Fang. The heat is overwhelming: 40° Celsius.  Mr. Fang slowed down and since he wanted to run the entire stage he didn’t finish until after dark.

Serge passed the 14,000 km mark at 16H28′ local time, super happy and as he said: “You have to stay cool headed even if it’s difficult in such heat.” Our Sergio always manages to keep his sense of humor.

Today, our four new followers are having trouble with the heat, especially because the fatigue of a short night on Friday is making itself felt.  Apparently, it wasn’t for nothing that they were up at 3 AM, since the French team qualified.  Thanks to all of you for your e-mails on the subject.  The World Cup continues, Serge’s mad run too and it will go on until sometime during the first two weeks of September.

The southern part of the Henan Province, which we are crossing, is very pleasant.  It’s green everywhere, including the mountains.  There are lots of rivers, woods and ponds.  This part of central China has a hot/temperate, humid climate.  The word “temperate” seems inappropriate with the 40° Celsius temperature we have today.  More than 95 million people live in this province, which is smaller than the Shaanxi Province.  Serge is hot, very hot and his body has trouble regulating its temperature.

The following table summarizes the times taken per 1,000 km

                                                                Days                      hours                        min

0 to 1000

13

3

59

1000 to 2000

14

1

38

2000 to 3000

13

21

57

3000 to 4000

13

23

33

4000 to 5000

13

19

1

5000 to 6000

13

2

36

6000 to 7000

13

0

17

7000 to 8000

13

2

12

8000 to 9000

13

13

58

9000 to 10000

13

1

55

10000 to 11000

13

2

19

11000 to 12000

14

1

57

12000 to 13000

12

22

58

13000 to 14000

12

23

8

English translation by Lee Hecht