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Goto: 2009-08-03 2009-08-05 Africa

2009-08-04:

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Distance today: 22.0 km (Accumulated: 15444.8 km)
Elapsed time: 02:17:14
Country: Africa

Start 13:41pm. at red wooden path-marker "TBM 179" on the dustroad connecting Bagamoyo w. the A14 at Msata village, 2.5km East of Msata. 24c, allm. o.c. and l. wind. Finish 16:56pm. At "Europe Grocery & Mgahawa" at E. end of unknown village, 40km W. of Bagamoyo. 26c, rain andno wind.

Monsoon & a Bad road ;-)
- makes a happy Viking !

... The seasonal East African rain gave me and my supplydriver a 'grand show' of what it can do with (or to !) a road in a few minutes. The beginning of the power-shower and how it turned me from a worldrunner into a mudrunner, you can see foryourself at todays live video upload to Finlands Tv, Vo2 Sportsshow :-)

The late start: broken front window & loose/dislocated front wheels stabilitybar on the supportcar from the days on the rough roads (minor details ;-)
And the Need, and desire.., to visit an Atm, if we wanted to be able to eat.
..All in all a 4h drive into Dar Es Salaam and back & 1h out to where I finished yesterday on the stone roads. By then - I was pretty much done' for the day, motivationally ;-)

But, the Rain somehow cheered me up and woke up the 'sleeping Viking' within ! I enjoyed the short run much :-)