{"id":2196,"date":"2006-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/07\/26\/j221-7-26-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-07-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-25T22:00:00","slug":"j221-7-26-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/07\/26\/j221-7-26-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"J221 – 7\/26\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attention danger<\/span><\/div>\n

chemin des \u00e9coliers<\/span><\/div>\n

coin de verdure coinc\u00e9 entre la nationale et l’autoroute<\/span><\/div>\n

vague d\u00e9ferlante<\/span><\/div>\n

Serge sur ses gardes<\/span><\/div>\n

figurines qui emp\u00eachent les mauvais esprit de rentrer dans la maison<\/span><\/div>\n

les yeux enfonc\u00e9s dans les orbites et brillant<\/span><\/div>\n

un peu de miel<\/span><\/div>\n

un peu de repos, de doute<\/span><\/div>\n

\u00e7a repart \u00e0 l’abri des bambous<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

D221 – 70.5Km<\/h4>\n

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
N34 05.096 E131 26.373 (14 m – Ogori) – N34 05.507 E132 03.862 (53 m)
70.5 km – 12H07′<\/h5>\n
The heat is back.  We were envious of the high temperatures in France and now the hot, humid Japanese weather has returned.
 
At 6H00 and after only two hours of running, Serge knew that the day would be tough.  “It’s going to be hot, it will be a horrible stage.  Tonight I won’t be down to eat because I want to be able to sleep at least ten hours.  I don’t feel well.”  It’s true, Serge’s eyes were deep in their sockets, a sign of great fatigue, and shining, a sign he’s feeling sick.<\/p>\n

There was a difficult moment on highway #2: the band between the white line and the safety railing was very narrow.  Trucks scraped by Serge, the rear view mirrors only 2 cm from his head, and serge lost his temper: “I’m stopping, I can’t continue this way and risk having my head broken.”  Luckily the situation didn’t last long, but from now on we know that there may be others.  I seem to remember that the speed limits were respected, but no, especially by the truckers, who barreled along at 80 km\/h in a 50 km\/h zone.<\/p>\n

Strangely, in Japan Serge was told he should run in the same direction as the vehicles, so he doesn’t see the danger approaching from the rear.  In France, if you are alone, you run against traffic but when you are in a group you run in the direction of the traffic.  This change doesn’t make Serge feel comfortable.<\/p>\n

Another complaint from a tired runner: “I’m fed up with traffic lights, and sloping sidewalks.”  This is only the beginning because the coming days will be run entirely in very densely populated cities.<\/p>\n

In Kyushu, we were spoiled by the space and countryside.  Kyushu is truly beautiful and if you should come to the land of the rising sun, be sure you don’t miss that island, which in some respects has managed to remain wild.<\/p>\n

At the 40th kilometer, Serge wanted to wet his head.  For once it wasn’t raining!  He must miss the showers.<\/p>\n

Saying of the day:  “To run in Japan in July is to run soaking wet, no matter what the weather.”
 
The end of the day was harrowing, with a stop to lie down in the vehicle due to the heat, nausea and diarrhea.  Serge had lost his voice and was weak in this legs when he arrived at the hotel.  Dead beat, completely baked and no possibility of going to bed early because Radio France Bleu would call at 20H00 for a live interview.<\/p>\n

“However will I manage to get myself up tomorrow?”<\/p>\n

English translation by Lee Hecht<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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THE INCREDIBLE SERGE GIRARD’S CHALLENGE<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attention danger chemin des \u00e9coliers coin de verdure coinc\u00e9 entre la nationale et l’autoroute vague d\u00e9ferlante Serge sur ses gardes figurines qui emp\u00eachent les mauvais esprit de rentrer dans la maison les yeux enfonc\u00e9s dans les orbites et brillant un peu de miel un peu de repos, de doute \u00e7a repart \u00e0 l’abri des bambous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}