{"id":2268,"date":"2006-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/02\/04\/j49-2-4-2006\/"},"modified":"2006-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-03T23:00:00","slug":"j49-2-4-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/2006\/02\/04\/j49-2-4-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"J49 – 2\/4\/2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fulvio ach\u00e8te des cl\u00e9mentines et des pommes<\/span><\/div>\n

Attente des ravitailleurs<\/span><\/div>\n

Ravitaillement<\/span><\/div>\n

Son ombre le suit<\/span><\/div>\n

Arriv\u00e9<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

D49 – 73.7Km<\/h4>\n

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
N40 43.145 E22 58.209 (leaving Thessaloniki) – N40 41.397 E23 40.903
73.7 km – 9H03′<\/h5>\n
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We have adapted to the time change without difficulty.  <\/span>Serge always leaves around 8H00 – 8H15 (7H00-7H15 French time).  <\/span>Christian has taken the wheel of the 4×4 since he arrived and is completely familiar with the way feedings are handled.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Serge was silent during the whole stage, he winced from time to time.  <\/span>The national road E90 that we are taking is used by a stream of trucks and busses.  <\/span>During one of his feedings, Serge told Eliane that his head rang from the noise.  <\/span>We went along two lakes, Koronia and Volvi, before reaching the sea, more exactly the gulf of Stymonikos, which Serge reached at the end of the afternoon, to finish his stage 4 km<\/st1:metricconverter> before Asprovalta.  <\/span>He was limping with his right leg and we understood why he winced.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can’t read the Greek alphabet, which is more than 3000 years old and the pride of the Greeks.  <\/span>Historically, it is older than our Latin alphabet.  <\/span>Luckily for us, the sign postings are often in Greek and Latin, which helps us find our way.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>At noon the team doesn’t stop to eat: we snack along the road on sandwiches we have prepared in advance or on food bought along the way.  <\/span>In Greece along the roads the ever present “Kantina” (small vans selling kabob) allow us to feed ourselves quickly and it’s a real feast even if it’s the same every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>In the evening we eat at the hotel where we have arranged to stop.  <\/span>English is not spoken much so to simplify the ordering of meals we have Greek salad every evening.  <\/span>Serge also has meat and French fries.  <\/span>At 20H00 we are all in our rooms.  <\/span>Serge can only think of sleeping, the best way to recuperate in this long race.  <\/span>Serge’s secret: sleep ten hours per night. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span>English translation by Lee Hecht<\/span><\/i><\/p>\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":"

Fulvio ach\u00e8te des cl\u00e9mentines et des pommes Attente des ravitailleurs Ravitaillement Son ombre le suit Arriv\u00e9 D49 – 73.7Km SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4N40 43.145 E22 58.209 (leaving Thessaloniki) – N40 41.397 E23 40.90373.7 km – 9H03′ We have adapted to the time change without difficulty.  Serge always leaves around 8H00 – 8H15 (7H00-7H15 French time).  Christian […]<\/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-2268","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\/2268","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=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-eurasia-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}