Post by raymatthews on Nov 7, 2011 17:20:53 GMT -5
HI TO YOU ALL, JUST RETURNED FROM ANOTHER EVENT WITH ZITOWAY, THIS TIME IN SENEGAL.
WILLIAM (OR ALAN) AND I WERE THE FIRST BRITS TO ENTER THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS EVENT.
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AFTER A LONG FLIGHT AND AN EVEN LONGER COACH RIDE TO OUR FIRST TENTED CAMP. EACH TENT HAD AN EN-SUITE. OH YES!! THE SHOWER WAS A BUCKET WITH HOLES IN, A TOILET AND A SMART WASH BOWL (NOT).
THIS WAS WHEN WE GOT THE TASTE OF SAND DUNES FOR OUR FIRST RUN (11km), THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE TEMP WAS ALMOST 40degs.THEN AFTER THE RUN, LUNCH AND ANOTHER VERY LONG DRIVE TO SAINT LOUIS. THIS STAY WAS SPLIT INTO TWO HOTELS. WE DID ALL JOIN UP IN A CHARMING PLACE FOR OUR EVENING MEAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HAD A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. HOWEVER, MY ROOM WAS OVER LOOKING A BUSY STREET. I DON'T THINK SOME OF THE LOCALS HAD A HOME TO GO TO, SO IT WAS SO NOISY.
NEXT MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART AT 7am ON THE COACHES TO PARC de DJOUDJ, FOR A 24km STAGE. TODAYS TRACK WAS GRAVEL ROADS. WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN LOTS OF MIGRATIONAL BIRDS BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE MISSED EACH OTHER?? WE THEN HAD LUNCH AND RETURNED BACK TO SAINT LOUIS. THE TEMP WAS OVER 40degs. FREE AFTERNOON, SO SOME OF US WENT ON A HORSE CARRIAGE AROUND THE STREETS OF SAINT LOUIS. THE POVERTY AND FILTH WAS NOT NICE. WE ALSO HAD A VISIT TO A FISH MARKET. I MAKE NO COMMENT AT THIS POINT. BACK TO OUR HOTEL FOR AN EVENING MEAL.
MARATHON DAY. AS IT HAS BEEN SO VERY HOT, THE START WAS EARLY MORNING. THE TIME LIMIT WAS 7hours. WHEN ABOUT THREE QUARTERS HAD BEEN RUN, THE DOCTOR TESTED ANYONG SHE THOUGH MIGHT NOT BE IN A FIT STATE TO CONTINUE. IF I TELL YOU, LESS THAN HALF OF THE RUNNERS, DIDN'T FINISH.
THE REST OF THE DAY WAS FOR RESTING AND LATER A NICE MEAL OVER LOOKING THE SENEGAL RIVER.
NEXT DAY A TRANSFER TO PARC la LANGUE BARBARIE BY CANOES, WITH THE SENEGAL RIVER ON ONE SIDE AND THE OCEAN ON THE OTHER. LOVELY BIG TENTS---JUST ONE PROBLEM. CRABS!!!!! A FEW DURING THE DAY TIME BUT AT NIGHT TIME, YOU COULDN'T PUT A FOOT DOWN WITHOUT STANDING ON THEM. YOU COULD HEAR THEM CLIMBING OVER THE TENT AT BED TIME. HOT AS IT WAS, I WAS UNDER THE BED COVERS AND DIDN'T MOVE.
NEXT MORNING A TRANSFER TO THE PINK LAKE NEAR DAKAR. APART FROM A LOT OF COACH TRAVEL, THIS WAS ANOTHER REST DAY.
TODAY WAS THE HALF MARATHON STAGE. STILL WITH TEMPS IN THE 40s ' I MUST SAY, THE PINK LAKE DIDN'T LOOK VERY PINK BUT IT WAS A LOVELY COURSE. AS IT WAS A SALTY LAKE, YOU WERE ABLE TO FLOAT IN IT. AT ALMOST THE FINISH, WE HAS THE OCEAN ON ROUTE, THEN NEEDLESS TO SAY, A SANDY SECTION HAD TO BE PUT INTO THE RACE AND YES, IT WAS RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE. AS ALWAY A GRAND WELCOME AS YOU CROSS THE FINISH LINE. A VERY WELCOME MEAL WAS WAITING FOR US. THAT ONLY LEFT THE SLIDE SHOW/ AWARDS CEREMONY AND SPECIAL MEAL. SOME AFRICAN DANCERS ENTERTAINED US.
EARLY DEPARTURE FOR HOME. WE STOPPED FOR A SHORT VISIT , VIA A FERRY, TO GORE ISLAND. WHERE SLAVE WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH ZITOWAY. THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!
LOVE TO YOU ALL. NEED TO RECOVER NOW FOR ANOTHER EVENT THIS WEEK-END.
LOVE KENWWNNE
PS
EXCUSE ODD THINKS I MIGHT HAVE PUT IN THIS E-MAIL BUT I AM SO TIRED I AM NOT EVEN SURE WHO I AM.
WILLIAM (OR ALAN) AND I WERE THE FIRST BRITS TO ENTER THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS EVENT.
.
AFTER A LONG FLIGHT AND AN EVEN LONGER COACH RIDE TO OUR FIRST TENTED CAMP. EACH TENT HAD AN EN-SUITE. OH YES!! THE SHOWER WAS A BUCKET WITH HOLES IN, A TOILET AND A SMART WASH BOWL (NOT).
THIS WAS WHEN WE GOT THE TASTE OF SAND DUNES FOR OUR FIRST RUN (11km), THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE TEMP WAS ALMOST 40degs.THEN AFTER THE RUN, LUNCH AND ANOTHER VERY LONG DRIVE TO SAINT LOUIS. THIS STAY WAS SPLIT INTO TWO HOTELS. WE DID ALL JOIN UP IN A CHARMING PLACE FOR OUR EVENING MEAL. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HAD A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. HOWEVER, MY ROOM WAS OVER LOOKING A BUSY STREET. I DON'T THINK SOME OF THE LOCALS HAD A HOME TO GO TO, SO IT WAS SO NOISY.
NEXT MORNING AFTER BREAKFAST, DEPART AT 7am ON THE COACHES TO PARC de DJOUDJ, FOR A 24km STAGE. TODAYS TRACK WAS GRAVEL ROADS. WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN LOTS OF MIGRATIONAL BIRDS BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE MISSED EACH OTHER?? WE THEN HAD LUNCH AND RETURNED BACK TO SAINT LOUIS. THE TEMP WAS OVER 40degs. FREE AFTERNOON, SO SOME OF US WENT ON A HORSE CARRIAGE AROUND THE STREETS OF SAINT LOUIS. THE POVERTY AND FILTH WAS NOT NICE. WE ALSO HAD A VISIT TO A FISH MARKET. I MAKE NO COMMENT AT THIS POINT. BACK TO OUR HOTEL FOR AN EVENING MEAL.
MARATHON DAY. AS IT HAS BEEN SO VERY HOT, THE START WAS EARLY MORNING. THE TIME LIMIT WAS 7hours. WHEN ABOUT THREE QUARTERS HAD BEEN RUN, THE DOCTOR TESTED ANYONG SHE THOUGH MIGHT NOT BE IN A FIT STATE TO CONTINUE. IF I TELL YOU, LESS THAN HALF OF THE RUNNERS, DIDN'T FINISH.
THE REST OF THE DAY WAS FOR RESTING AND LATER A NICE MEAL OVER LOOKING THE SENEGAL RIVER.
NEXT DAY A TRANSFER TO PARC la LANGUE BARBARIE BY CANOES, WITH THE SENEGAL RIVER ON ONE SIDE AND THE OCEAN ON THE OTHER. LOVELY BIG TENTS---JUST ONE PROBLEM. CRABS!!!!! A FEW DURING THE DAY TIME BUT AT NIGHT TIME, YOU COULDN'T PUT A FOOT DOWN WITHOUT STANDING ON THEM. YOU COULD HEAR THEM CLIMBING OVER THE TENT AT BED TIME. HOT AS IT WAS, I WAS UNDER THE BED COVERS AND DIDN'T MOVE.
NEXT MORNING A TRANSFER TO THE PINK LAKE NEAR DAKAR. APART FROM A LOT OF COACH TRAVEL, THIS WAS ANOTHER REST DAY.
TODAY WAS THE HALF MARATHON STAGE. STILL WITH TEMPS IN THE 40s ' I MUST SAY, THE PINK LAKE DIDN'T LOOK VERY PINK BUT IT WAS A LOVELY COURSE. AS IT WAS A SALTY LAKE, YOU WERE ABLE TO FLOAT IN IT. AT ALMOST THE FINISH, WE HAS THE OCEAN ON ROUTE, THEN NEEDLESS TO SAY, A SANDY SECTION HAD TO BE PUT INTO THE RACE AND YES, IT WAS RIGHT AT THE FINISH LINE. AS ALWAY A GRAND WELCOME AS YOU CROSS THE FINISH LINE. A VERY WELCOME MEAL WAS WAITING FOR US. THAT ONLY LEFT THE SLIDE SHOW/ AWARDS CEREMONY AND SPECIAL MEAL. SOME AFRICAN DANCERS ENTERTAINED US.
EARLY DEPARTURE FOR HOME. WE STOPPED FOR A SHORT VISIT , VIA A FERRY, TO GORE ISLAND. WHERE SLAVE WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
ANOTHER ADVENTURE WITH ZITOWAY. THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!
LOVE TO YOU ALL. NEED TO RECOVER NOW FOR ANOTHER EVENT THIS WEEK-END.
LOVE KENWWNNE
PS
EXCUSE ODD THINKS I MIGHT HAVE PUT IN THIS E-MAIL BUT I AM SO TIRED I AM NOT EVEN SURE WHO I AM.