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2008-11-21:

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Distance today: 41.0 km (Accumulated: 6867.0 km)
Elapsed time: 04:43:11
Country: Middle East

Start 9:24am., at km-marker 715-01/032. 2c, clear and l. wind. Finish 16:05pm. At 715-02/011. 12c and same.

Hussein!
A raughter tough stage despite good conditions; Sarah was struggeling w. the effects of tiredness and that is never pleasant to witness. But she is a determined runner like few I know and giving in was no option !

The highlight of the day came immediately after we had taken the documentation photo (LifePilot live section) at the finish. As we were searching for a tenting spot on the brown highland grassfields here at 1000m alt. in Anatolia, we were approachedby a man in a 4wd truck.

After the exchange of "Salam Aleikum" - "Aleikum Salaam" he asked what our business were and if he could see our passports; while showing a police badge. During the search for our passports in the deapths of the strollers we had time to tell about the run. And a change of events began after he thourght through the situation - He spoke a brilliant german and explained that it would be cold to tent (wich we could believe, we had a thin ice-layer on our tents last night..). It would be more healthy to stay in a hotel ! But since the nearest was 20km back we'd raughter not run ourselves backward. "Jawohl !" But how about staying at his place then ? "Yes, tesche gulle !!"; that was certainly an option we could use.

The strollers quickly got loaded onto the pickup and we spent a lovely evening w. Hussein and his family !!!
He turned out to be a customs officer and great company :-)