Out
for a nice afternoon easy run with Hywel Care yesterday and about ten
minutes from home the heavens opened and we got caught in a
torrential downpour, within minutes there was rivers of water flowing
down the roads and are pace turned from easy to a near sprint as we
tried to get back as quick as we could. Hywel turned off back to the
Run-Fast camp as I headed for my place dreading the road to come as I
knew it would be a complete river. As I turned the corner I wasn't
disappointed as none of the road could be seen under the muddy,
smelly water. As the road at the best of times has lots of ruts and
holes in I didn't hold out much hope of staying upright and down I
went straight into the mud, by the time I got back to my house I must
have looked like the creature from the black lagoon!! As I was so wet
and dirty, and it was raining so hard I decided to strip off and just
have a natural shower in the garden! It was actually my only option
as when I got inside the water wasn't working anyway! I hope none of
the neighbours saw me, I think they already see me as some sort of
nut case!!
After
drying out the rain eased off slightly and I took a walk down to
Kamogich to get some dinner, bumped into my old pall Wilson Kipsang
and then managed to get a lift back with Gilbert Koech (husband to
Edna Kiplagat) which was good as the rain had started to get heavy
again and it stopped me getting too wet.
I've
been back in Iten nearly two weeks now and was working out how much
it is costing me to live. Including rent, food, drink, Internet,
everything really I am spending around £2 a day!! And that is with
me eating out most days!! I can't believe it is so cheap to live out
here.
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| A visit to the Run-Fast Camp with the UK guys |
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