D9 Team 1 and 2

Van 2 news :

We start with a picture under a tank with team 1 at Staryja Darohai with only 20 min late on the schedule, incredible after the yesterday crazy day.

The Russian initiate us at “Super Good” a Leningrad group’s song.

On the road we’ve meet our Doc Renaud and Sacha with join us wo provides us food and water, two bananas, local sausage and 2 big bottles.

Our running passed without any problem, at the meeting point with van 3 in Babrouisk, we bought local lemonade. After a team taste, we decide to don’t buy more !

The “surprise” was the hotel ….very cheap 8 euro for a double room for this old hotel. Of course no hot water, no breakfeast…We went to the city bath to take a shower and a sauna, and dine in a small restaurant.

Doc check our earth rate and practice to each member of our van massage or electro stimulation…and we start to need it.

We welcoming the Van 3 at their arrival around midnight and an improvised party took place in room 15

Team 1 

- Today’s motto was trying to catch up with the initial schedule and the 11-hour delay accumulated yesterday. This meant two hours of sleep and going back on the roads for running.

- We started running right in front of the hotel on an endless straight road that we never left during the whole stage.

- Nothing much to say… However, we are always trying to make our journey pleasant by running in pairs or running at high speeds.

- Also, it was pleasant to run on quite big roads with surprisingly no traffic, which meant running freely but safely with headlamps, etc.

- Finally it was nice to be back on track with the schedule and meet with team 2 to take a memorable picture in front of a typical monument: a tank showing the glory of Belarus!

- One quick highlight: we crossed the city of Berezina on our way to the hotel – i.e. the city where Napoleon was defeated.

“Word of the day”

 * Jean François said: “The warm atmosphere and the friendliness of people in a local shop at 7:00 AM made my day!”

 * Sylvain said: “I am very happy and impressed that the team overcame yesterday’s difficulties and tensions.”

 * Jean Pierre said: "Very nice and friendly grocery shopping and breakfast among locals.”

 * Andrey said: “Fantastic night run with nice temperature: enjoyed every bit of it!”

 * Alexander said: “I realize that locals in Belarus haven’t forgotten what happened during the second world war: monuments with tanks, soldiers and gun.s”

 * Jerome said: “Still feeling the pain in my leg: f***k!

 * Kevin  said: “Enjoying every minute: discovering a completely different world and running hard with great people.”