70,6km – 9H37′<\/p>\n
Bad day today?<\/p>\n
I spent my day at the swimming pool, under a parasol sipping iced mojitos, while sprayed water cooled the air.\u00a0 The alarm rings and I realize it is 6 am and still dark.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have time to ask, but I do just the same: did you sleep well?\u00a0 Yes, we slept like babies in Gainesville, at our hotel next to Route 175.<\/p>\n
Now that you know how we spend our mornings, I will go to the next phase, the race. \u00a0The mist disappears quickly and a burning sun takes it place and will accompany us on this new day.\u00a0 The temperature climbs to 41\u00b0C at the beginning of the afternoon.\u00a0 It goes without saying that Serge finally put on his hat, and as usual he has applied a spray sun block twice and a thick layer of anti-chaffing cream at km 45<\/p>\n
Comfortably seated in my air conditioned car, in the shade of a line of trees (what a blessing these trees are), I follow him for 5 km.\u00a0 Serge advances with his head down and a face which says \u201cI don\u2019t have good vibes and I\u2019d like to end this day.\u201d He confirms this to me at km 60; no need for a long conversation because we have been a twosome for so long.<\/p>\n
Yes, Route 41 is not unpleasant and there is only one change of direction, which Serge did not appreciate, at km 30 at High Springs (a pretty town).\u00a0 He is limp in the morning and we don\u2019t understand why because he is rested and has eaten well.\u00a0 There is improvement and then Serge tells me that he has no \u201clegs,\u201d then he has a headache\u2026 he just does not feel well.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t worry us because everyone has the right to have a bad day.<\/p>\n
Tomorrow we will spend the day in Florida and on Thursday we will cross into Georgia.\u00a0 Neither of us knows that state but everyone knows its capital: Atlanta, where the Olympic Games took place in 1996.\u00a0 It is also the home of Coca Cola.\u00a0 It is where Thomas and Ren\u00e9 will join us, in just one week.<\/p>\n
A Hello to Nico, who seems to think there are signs of spring in Chicago.\u00a0 Sunday he watched a film and I let you guess the name: Forrest Gump.\u00a0 There are two things that the fabulous Tom Hanks says in the film: \u201cMama says I\u2019m special\u201d and \u201cLife is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you\u2019re gonna get\u201d (those of you who are following Serge have seen a video on You Tube where he gives those quotes\u2026.)<\/p>\n
See you<\/p>\n
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