*** UPDATED ECUADOR DAILY LOG
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TOTAL KILOMETRES FOR ECUADOR: 1,097 FOR 31 ROAD DAYS.
TOTAL TO DATE16,826 KM FOR 396 ROAD DAYS.
29/3/2012. From yesterdays finish at km 15 near Tangula to km 40 in Macara, then roads leads to Peru border for 2km. Total for today = 27.
Tomorrow , Friday I will return to the border, cross and then find a place to send The Heavy Bag to the Irish Counsil in Lima where I will collect in a month and resend to contacts in Cuzco a further month over the mountains. There is a chance I will not run as these first days what with crossing and dealing with The Heavy Bag tend to be time consuming. Thanks for your great support in Ecuador, Now for Peru
28/3/2012 From km 20 then 15km run to a junction and kms reset to zero. Another 15km run. Finish at km 15 near Tangula. Today 30km run. This Am strong/PM tough uphills.
27/3/2012. From km 1,014 I ran 11km and then at a junction markers ran out. Ran another 20km as here kms were painted on the road! Finished at km 20 and commuted back to Naraña at km 5. Today 31km ran. Another tough day in the Andes.
26/3/2012 From Km marker 983 to km 1,014 on route 35… . 31km today. Heavy rain at end of day
25/3/2012. FROM CATAMAYO GAS STATION (KM 951) TO KM 983. KM MARKERS SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE ROUTE TODAY! PAN-AMERICAN ROUTE 35. START WITH 2 AND A HALF HOUR CLIMB, RAN NON-STOP TO SAN PEDRO AND THEN MORE CLIMBING,T OTAL CLIMBING TODAY =25KM. TODAY 32KM RUN. FOG AND HEAVY RAIN SET IN FOR THE LAST 5KM. I WAS LUCKY TO GET MY BUS BACK TO LOJA AS MSEVERAL DIDN’T STOP.
24/3/2012. FROM LOJA, HOTEL DEL BUS TO CATAMAYO GAS STATION = 36KM, START WITH 15KM UPHILL AND THEN NICE DOWNHILL AT END DAY, TOUGH DAY.
22ND AND 23RD REST DAYS IN LOJA EATING STEAKS
21/3/2012 FROM SANTIAGO TO LOJA = 33KM A VERY TOUGH DAY… AND COULDN’T FINISH MY STEAK!
20/3/2012 FROM SARAGURO AT KM 41 TO SANTIAGO AT KM 71. = 30KM TOUGH BUT LOVELY DAY. RAN THRU SAN LUCAS, A LOVELY COMMUNITY, RAIN IN MORNING
19/3/2012. FROM ONA (KMS RESET TO 0 ) TO SARAGURO AT KM 41 = 41KM TODAY.
20 KM ALL UPHILL AT START OF DAY, LONG LUNCH BECAUSE OF RAIN.
TOTAL TO DATE 16,576KM FOR 388 ROAD DAYS.
I AM ABOUT ONE WEEK AWAY FROM THE PERU BORDER IT´S BEEN A LONG DREAM TO RUN INTO CUZCO AND MACHU PICCHU, THE HEARTLAND OF THE INCA CIVILLATION!
19/3/2012 41KM RUN TODAY …FROM KM 0 IN UÑA TO SOUTH OF SARAGURO
18/3/2012 55KM RUN TODAY FROM KM 28 NEAR SHIÑA TO KM 83 OÑA.
HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY TO ALL!
3 TOUGH AND ONE LAZY DAY LAST WEDNESDAY SINCE LAST UPDATE. DONT HAVE LOG BOOK WITH ME NOW, SO WILL FILL IN DETAILS LATER. 19KM, 54KM 25KM AND 24KM TODAY = 122KM = 16,480KM FOR 386 ROAD DAYS. TODAY FINISHED IN SHIÑA AND COMMUTED 55KM FORWARD TO OÑA, SO WILL RETURN WITHOUT PACK TOMORROW AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A BIG DAY AND STAY IN OÑA, A DEAD VILLAGE! AGAIN.
TOTAL DISTANCE TO DATE = 16,358KM. FOR 382 ROAD DAYS.* LAST UPDATED ON THE 3RD, SO PLEASE READ UP FROM THERE *
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12TH AND 13TH MARCH 2012 REST DAYS. PLEASE NOTE THAT KM MARKERS FOR LAST WEEK WERE RARE AND DISTANCES ON MANY DAYS HAD TO BE CALCULATED LATER ON GOOGLEMAPS.
11/3/2012. FROM KM 22 TO KM 42 IN ZHUD AND THEN RESET TO KM0 AND TO KM13 NEAR JUNCAL. = 33KM. TODAY I RAN WITH A FRIEND,RICHARD EVANS FROM GUAYAQUIL. RICHARD AND HIS WIFE OFFERED ME A COUPLE OF REST DAYS IN GUAYAQUIL, SO I COMMUTED THERE.THEY WERE ALSO GOOD ENOUGH TO ACCEPT MY BAG SENT FROM TULCAN. I WILL SEND IT ON AGAIN TOWARDS PERU BORDER.
10/3/2012. FROM GOLZOL TO KM MARKER 22 PAINTED ON ROAD. TODAY = 36KM.
9/3/2012. FROM LAGUNAS OZOGOSHE TO GOLZOL = 43KM TODAY, FELT BETTER AS MOSTLY DOWNHILL AND LEVEL! STILL NO ROAD MARKERS, DISTANCES CALCULATED BY GOOGLEMAPS
8/3/2012 FROM SAN MARTIN TO LAGUNAS OZOGOSHE = 34KM. ANOTHER VERY TOUGH DAY IN MOUNTAINS, NOT MUCH SHOULDER AT SIDE OF ROAD. LATE START AS I WENT TO MARKET IN CUEMONT AND TOOK SOME GREAT PHOTOS!
7/3/2012. FROM KM 170 NEAR RIOBAMBA TO JUST BEFORE SAN MARTIN =40KM , NOT MANY KM MARKERS, CALCULATED ON GOOGLEMAPS.. TOUGH DAY IN MOUNTAINS, SHORT OF BREATH
6/3/2012 FROM KM 137 IN MOCOA TO KM170 JUST BEFORE RIOBAMBA =33KM.
5/3/2012. FROM KM106 IN AMBATO TO KM 137 IN MOCOA. = 31KM TODAY.CLEARING THE CITY OF AMBATO WAS A NIGHTMARE!
4/3/2012. FROM KM 71 IN LATACUNGA TO KM 106 IN AMBATO, TODAY AT KM 92 IN YAMBO I RAN Y 10,000TH MILE OF THE RUN , LOVELY DAY, STOPPED TO TALK TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. TODAY 35KM
TOTAL 16,073 KM RUN TO DATE FOR 374 ROAD DAYS
3/3/2012 FROM KM 35 TO KM 71 SOUTH OF LATACUNGA 36KM TODAY, GOOD DAY, HEAVY TRAFFIC, DOWNHILL AND FLAT MOSTLY STILL RUNNING ON ECUADOR ROUTE 35 WHICH IS THE PAN-AMERICAN HIGHWAY. TOMORROW I NEED JUST 21 KM FOR 10,000 MILES. AND ALL GOING WELL AND THEY HAVE KM MARKERS THIS WILL BE REACHED AT KM MARKER 92. NOTE: 10,000 MILES = 16,093.44KM
2/3/2012. FROM TAMBILLO WHERE KM MARKERS WERE RESET TO KM 9 TO KM 35. VERY LATE START TODAY AS I HAD A LOT OF ONLINE WORK TO DO.
TODAY WAS DOG TOUGH, I CANT BE SURE BUT I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ALTITUDE! IT WAS MOSTLY UPHILL, I WAS SHATTERED AND WALKED MOST OF THE WAY, NOWHERE TO STAY SO I MADE A COMMUTE TO LATACUNGA SO I SHOULD FINISH HERE TOMORROW NIGHT WITHOUT MY PACK.
1/3/2012. FROM PALUGI TO TAMBILLO = 36KM RUN TODAY. LATE START, VERY TOUGH MORNING, VERY HUMID AND MOUNTAINOUS. 16,000TH KM CLOCKED UP TODAY.
29/2/2012. FROM KM 26 IN SANTA ROSA TO PALUGI = 41KM TODAY. TOUGH DAY, BACK TO THE GRIND!
28/2/2012 39KM TODAY FROM KM 65 NEAR PIJAL TO KM 26 IN SANTA ROSA.. I CROSSED THE EQUATOR TODAY THE LAST 3 HOURS WERE VERY EASY AS I RAN WITH A HAPPY HEART AND SANG ALONG THE WAY!
27/2/2012. START KM 105 IN IBARRA AND FINISH AT KM 65 NEAR PIJAL. 40KM TODAY, SHORT COMMUTE TO CAYAMBE
TOTAL TO DATE IS 15,861KM OR 9,855 MILES FOR 368 ROAD DAYS. I HOPE TO MAKE THE EQUATOR ON TUESDAY.
26/2/2012. FROM KM 146 IN AMBQUI TO KM 106 IN IMBARRA. TIERED AFTER 62KM BIG EFFORT YESTERTDAY. TODAY WAS TOUGH, MOSTLY CLIMBING. 40KM.
25/2/2012. FROM KM 207 IN JULIO ANDRADE TO KM 145 IN AMBQUI. TOUGH MOUNTAINOUS DAY. LATE START AND VERY LATE FINISH AS IT WAS A LONG WAY TO FIND PLACE TO STAY, SHATTERED. 62KM TODAY.
24/2/2012. 30KM RUN TODAY, FROM COL/EC BORDER AT KM 237 ON ROUTE E35 FINISH AT KM 207 IN JULIO ANDRADE.
TOTAL TO DATE = 15,759KM FOR 366 ROAD DAYS
March 6th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
hi Tony
Richard Oakley here in The Sunday Times in Dublin. We have a new section called Sunday in which we feature outdoor sports, activities etc. Was hoping to interview you at some stage if you were free at a time that would suit over the next week or so?
my email is richard.oakley@sunday-times.ie
thanks
March 13th, 2012 at 1:27 pm
another great read tony!!!!
keep up the great running you are doing.
cold and sunny here -19C with the wind!!!!
complete opposite of where you are
hope all is well
stewart and bernie cochrane
newfoundland
canada
March 13th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Thanks as always Stewart for your loyal support.
Things have gone a bit crazy in the office dept! Last week I had to start the day with one hour in an internet cafe for 5 of those days. Am so overwhelmed that I also had to take two rest days and as you can see have done nothing with the blog. But in great spirits and plugging away, one day at a time. Thank god for my sister Ann and Mam and a couple of others doing things for me but everyone is so busy!
Back running towards Peru on Wednesday. Tony
March 17th, 2012 at 12:05 am
Happy st patricks day tony. Enjoy your day. Ann mam and all the family xxx
March 17th, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Happy Sy Patrick’s Day Tony! Great to see some media recognition!
March 17th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Hey, Tony, glad to follow your run. Keep up the good work. GoTony, Go!!
March 18th, 2012 at 12:15 am
Hi Ruth and Chet!
I am delighted to see you are still with me, I often think about you guys!
I just had two very tough days in the Andes mountains 25 and 24km today St Patricks Day, I finished early. About 15 miles each day, mostly climbing. I have been running in the Andes for two months now and three and a half to go!
Looking for a really big day tomorrow to the town I commuted to today, Oña, so I wont have my pack and a lot will be downhill, just need an early start! Hope you had a nice winter! Best wishes, Tony
March 18th, 2012 at 8:10 am
Come on Tony, here in Sinaloa México we are following you very closely…
Some Tony Col are waiting for you…
March 18th, 2012 at 10:57 pm
happy belated st patricks day tony, great to see you are making progress even if some days are slower than others, you are going great and its inspirational to watch you moving along every day!!! keep her going. kevin