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Distance: 38.5km
/ 24 m
Camp Rolling Sands to Camp White Tower
Camp White Tower, 5:25pm - The last two
runners, Kiyoshi Kondou and Kazuo Isomura, both
of Japan are the last to cross the line tonight
after being on the course for just over 10
hours. It was a long hot day. Gary
Baron says he measured 48C at one point on his
thermometer as competitors slogged through a
section of black desert. The highlight of
the day though was the oasis at CP2, which was a
natural spring with pools of water and palm
trees. Some of the competitors got
especially rousing cheers because of a Cairo
International School 8th grade field trip that
happened to be passing by in their caravan of
cars. They were out camping in the Sahara
for a week and equally surprised to come upon a
RacingThePlanet checkpoint out in nowhere.
Also 100m from this checkpoint, a pair of
mummies was spotted up in a rock cave.
These are apparently over 700 years old and
relatively untouched.
The breeze has picked up cooling
everything off. The sun is setting on yet
another spectacular evening in the Sahara.
Toasted marshmallows are going to be served soon
at the campfire. But what is on everyone's
mind is the 100km/60m stage for tomorrow.
This will kick off at 6am with a staggered
start.
Stage 4, 8:50am - Runners are
off on Stage 4. It is predicted to be
another scorcher but after yesterday's wind, it
feels eerily calm. Everyone seems in good
spirits but a lot are thinking about the
100km/60m stage predicted for tomorrow.
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