Route de Sel (Trans 555) - Day 8
By Luke Cunliffe
It's Wedensday 10th November - about 7pm . The race was won yesterday around 4:30pm by Alicia Baharona in an incredible 6 and a half days or something ridiculous... an absolutely fantastic performance. She is the first ever winner of this monsterous race which will please her. She doing lots of press interviews as there are a lot of journalists out here today - and I'm still waiting to get my chance to chat with her - maybe at the restuarant this evening. Second was Gerard Cain and I believe Rene Heintz was third.
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A handfull of runners have now finished and they are trickling into the hotel in dribs and drabs - the hotel is about 40 miles away from the finish - about a 2 hour rough drive across the desert and scrub land.
All in all a very exciting race, extremely hot - a lot of people suffering from the heat and blisters - definately not one for the faint hearted. In two weeks time there will be another race out here - the Trans 333 - so people can come and pitch their wits against the elements then. This brings to a close the coverage of the Trans 555 - Route de Sel for this year - over and out!.
Posted by: Admin on Nov 11, 04 | 12:25 am |
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Hello Luke,
The only thing I want to know is:
Did Wilco van den Akker finish yet???
And how is his condition?
Please let us know on behalf of his gilfriend, Daphne, his parent en his best fans, Bert and Franoise.
When you see him, give him our love!!
PLease reply, on b.thijssen@home.nl or tel. ++31 165 39 87 33
Regards,
Bert and Francoise
