Monday, October 29th Day 61
Miles / day :44,1 Miles Total : 2629 Miles
Daily running time : 9H16m
Average daily speed : 4,7 Miles
Town: VALPARAISO
Next Town: URACATUBA
And 62,1 miles (100km) more…
"He’s really phenomenal, he deserves to be in the newspaper…". You know the formula, well, it’s right, today he’s proved that again. 10 km before ANDRADINA, the suffering will begin, or rather start again. The hand on his hip, he limps, tries to lighten his stride, avoid leaning on it too much, and compensate on the other side but in vain. He decides to walk. Ishium and quadriceps are tetanized. because of the euphoria of the last stage or more likely for fear of the pain In the last days, he had decided to stop having care. Tonight will probably be different. It’s best to sleep on it. On the stretch of the motorway, Serge curses, he is in a rage. The mind wants what the body refuses. Is it the start of a long walk? We think the day will be long, under a burning sun with a temperature of about 38 ° C. It’s without knowing what he can do. The more difficult the conditions are the more he fights. Against himself, determined to go flat out right to the end and despite all opposition. Serge walks… Serge runs…Serge walks…, Serge runs…, unceasing habits, tiring for who wants to get miles behind . Suddenly, Serge makes a come back… To be or not to be, that’s the question… He bluffs himself. At the supplying of the sixtieth Km, he kneels down, his arms in cross, shouting out happiness. Sixty days, one hour and fifty minutes. Figures again, figures that mean it’s the hundredth marathon he’s achieved during this crossing. Serge and the figures are a long story. He loves figures like others love letters… Travelling letters for example. So in the mail of today, we could have a line leading article which would be… Valparaiso (Brazil) 29/10/01: Arrival of Serge Girard for his hundredth of the TRANS SOUTH AMERICA. The better is to come, and believe me, if he runs hell for leather, he must be the devil…
Yours , the editors.
