en direction de Tokyo
un piéton pas très scrupuleux
vendeur de melon sur le bord de la route 4
des jeunes venus offrir des pêches à Serge
D252 – 75.2Km
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
N40 49.708 E141 16.353 (79 m) – N40 20.448 E141 16.645 (75 m – 10 km before Ninohe)
75.2 km – 11H12′
Gee, I’ve almost got the blues from reading all your messages about the finish. If you will miss this daily appointment on the Net, I have to admit that I am going miss it too. Telling you about our adventures has been more than a habit, this daily sharing has become an important part of my life for the past months. Time has really sped by.
To be honest, when we started, I was afraid of the blank page and of not knowing what to say without boring you. I haven’t a gift for writing, it was passion that guided my pen, (my fingers on the keyboard).
The statistics showing the number of visits to our Website were a tonic because every month the number increased, to reach more than 47,000 visits in July, in spite of the vacation period, the World Cup and the Tour de France. Since I wasn’t able to send replies to all your messages and questions, I tried to do it in my logs every day. You should know that Serge read every one of your messages and this became a veritable ritual,after his shower.
This window on the Paris-Tokyo race will stay open until September 7, included, so that you can be with us at the finish and for the two days which follow. We plan to have a video of the finish for you on the same day.
By the end of the year, you will also be able to see on the Website where and when Serge will give lectures, once the film is ready.
For Serge, the arrival in Tokyo will be the culmination of having run across all the continents. But the world is vast and there are numerous possibilities: Starting again in Australia, because Serge’s record was broken in 2005 (see the section News – Australian’s record), Antarctica, Canada, around the world nonstop, cross the continents from north to south or from south to north, without mentioning the Moon!
The world is within the reach of foot steps and I know that one of Serge’s projects will be to involve other runners by organizing long distance races.
I have the feeling that next September 5 will not be a good-bye but simply a “see you soon!”