{"id":2121,"date":"2001-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-11-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/2001\/11\/05\/j68-11-5-2001\/"},"modified":"2001-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-11-04T23:00:00","slug":"j68-11-5-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/2001\/11\/05\/j68-11-5-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"J68 &#8211; 11\/5\/2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Monday, November 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Day 68<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Miles\/day&nbsp;: 49.7 miles (80 km)<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Daily running time&nbsp;: 9 h 58 min<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Daily average speed : 5 miles\/h (8 km\/h)<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Total : 2944 miles (4737 km)<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Towns crossed : CAMPINAS\/VALINHOS&nbsp; Next stage :  ITATIBA<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"montitre\"><b>Region: NORTH OF SAO PAULO (spa region)<\/b><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">The final straight.<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s it, now we\u2019re quickening the pace\u2026 Motorway to the end. Serge  runs at full speed. End of the stage 1 p.m. ! His hip is still painful but doesn\u2019t  handicap him like before. He is entirely in his race, it\u2019s a good sign for the  rest of the week. He jokes all the time. At the sight of a roadsign Rio, he  stretches his arms out, sideways. Happy, like a child receiving his toys on  Christmas day. That\u2019s good, it\u2019ll be Christmas soon\u2026<\/p>\n<p>8h30, there\u2019s more and more traffic, Serge joins in with the cars and the  trucks. The noise of the traffic will be constantly with him. The danger is  always here and we must be on our guards, cars are pulling-out, motorway works  reduce the road. Serge adapts to this new way of running. At about 62 miles (100  km) away from Bolivia, and from the land tracks. From now on, all the stages  will be decisive, whatever he does, he goes forward . And he won\u2019t go back\u2026  He likes talking about the exploit of D\u2019ABOVILLE. This one once explained he  had moved 6,2 miles(10 km) back, because of opposite wind. These words from the  seaman will remain for ever on our runner\u2019s mind. Whatever happens, he would  have a lot of trouble turning back He has a passion for the extreme and for the  extremists whatever the sport, he\u2019s interested in sailing, (being born in Le  Havre), however he admits he admires the explorers of the &quot;Grand  Blanc&quot;, Nicolas Vanier or Laurence de la Ferri\u00e8re. The adventure remains,  above all, human, with Man in the background in the middle of a world where  dreaming is more and more difficult. A big thanks to them.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"galPhoto\">\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2521.jpg\" >&nbsp;&nbsp;  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2513.jpg\" >&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2518.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2531.jpg\" >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2549.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2533.jpg\" >&nbsp;&nbsp;  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2542.jpg\" >&nbsp;&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/img_2544.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, November 5th. Day 68 Miles\/day&nbsp;: 49.7 miles (80 km) Daily running time&nbsp;: 9 h 58 min Daily average speed : 5 miles\/h (8 km\/h) Total : 2944 miles (4737 km) Towns crossed : CAMPINAS\/VALINHOS&nbsp; Next stage : ITATIBA Region: NORTH OF SAO PAULO (spa region) The final straight. That\u2019s it, now we\u2019re quickening the [&hellip;]<\/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-2121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sergegirard.com\/5continents-south-america-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}