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Goto: 2011-12-18 2011-12-20 Colombia

2011-12-19:

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Distance today: 40.0 km (Accumulated: 31513.0 km)
Elapsed time: 03:51:10
Country: Colombia

Start 09:00am., 27c, almost clear & light wind, at km-stone "81/4515" on hwy. 45 North. Finish 14:35pm., 41c, humid, a few clouds & no wind, at km-stone "33/4901" on hwy. 49.

On better roads... :-))

After about 10km's running there were a fork in the road, I turned right onto road 49' in direction North-East towards South America's northernmost point, wich I hope to reach in about 8-9 days if all goes well.

But what a change ! After two fairly tough weeks, with the 'thunder' of heavy truck convoys in my ears nearly every minute of the time spend running; not much space to run on at the side of the highway and usually a couple of dangerous situations each day. Not due to security in Colombia, because that has been a huge positive surprise, but because of very dangerous driving by busses and trucks.

Now its suddenly SILENCE ! Nature :-) Sceneries of beauty, with looks into a vast horizon with the lower Andes mountains as background; patches of dense jungle; small villages where people seems to have all the time in the world to greet a tired world runner and ask curious questions :-)

If you have time, please take a minute or two to look at the pictures from todays stage: In my oppinion they do Colombia far more justice than the pictures from the days and weeks running along the dusty polluted highway 45North...

NB: You can as usual see the entire gps-tracking of the run at www.endomondo.com/workouts/31709470

Christmas calendar, day 19:

Todays advice in relation to preventing running injuries is a bit of a peculiar one: Take smaller steps ! The logic behind this is that the shorter steps you take, the less impact you have in each 'landing'; and the landing impact is one of the main sources of injuries. Ofcourse, taking smaller steps almost with certainty means a bit slower pace, but, that on the other hand gives you more time to appreciate the surroundings where ever you are running :-)