OUT OF LORETO
Bienvenido a mis amigos mexicanos querido! Gracias por cuidar de mí tan grande aquí en México.
Mi sitio web tiene una traducción al español la posibilidad!
Por favor, sólo tiene que desplazarse hacia abajo y seleccione el idioma español en la herramienta de TRANSLATE en el lado derecho de mi página de blog. Espero verte en el camino! Tony
Manuel shocked me when he turned up at 4am precisely. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect this! I had set my own clock for 4.15 and still needed half an hour to get ready and breakfast on left over rice from a Chinese takeaway mixed with a tin of tuna. I soon found my way running out of town. The swollen foot I mentioned yesterday seems to have cleared. I had only had about an hour and a half sleep as I was uo till sfter 2am blogging and emailing. I don’t always use these escort opportunities to cram the distance… Instead I prefer a recovery run of about 8kmph easy effort. i need to keep my body in good shape and if i cant get enough rest/sleep I need to minimise my punishing road effort. Lately I have been taking a bit more care of my nutrition, especially drinking milk, fruit juice and yogurt. I have also just discovered an electrolyte re hydrant prevention and recovery drink. It comes in a 625 ml bottle called Electrolit and in 3 flavours. I believe it is best taken as a small cupful every half hour or so. So including my stops I got about 20km before it started to heat up. Sometimes I can get an extra couple of hours of moderate heat if there are morning clouds that the sun has to do battle with to escape. After 35 I got to a small hamlet called Ligui. Went into the tienda, bought orange juice and relaxed for half an hour sitting on an ice chest. Just as I was ready to go I started vomiting heavily. I was okay till I stopped and went into that steaming hot shop, my perspiration wet patches were everywhere I put my hands or arms. I asked the store owner what temperature it was. He had a small electronic device which told us the inside temperature was 33 degrees C. Manuel placed the device outside and I watched in horror as it climbed to 50 degrees C!
OVER 50 DEGREES C OUTSIDE
It’s amazing I never had a problem with vomiting or orange juice before, even had a breakfast this morning. I had wanted to run about 60 today but as the Desert inn had another night provided for me it was not wise for me to run further, besides it was Sunday and Manuel was so good getting up so early for me. Though he was eager this sort of a commute from Loreto was not fair on the man. Manuel impressed me even more by offering to come pick me up at 3am in the morning, I promised him I would be fed and ready.
July 18th, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Hi Tony:)
Enjoyed reading your blog. Sorry to see the orange juice made you vommit:( It was very unusual. I’m glad to see you found a hydrate drink to cure it:) you are doing great especially with the heat over there, you are coping it well. Drink plenty of water rather than orange juice:) keep going you are doing Ireland proud:D
Mark
July 21st, 2011 at 4:31 am
Hi Mark. The juice was great when it was not too hot but when it got really hot the sweetness of it knocked my stomach out! Hope you enjoyed your time away with the scouts!