July 18, Utpal: My First Home
«Я знаю своё тело. Временами я бегаю хорошо, но временами вы должны просто сдаться на милость Матушке Природе».
For the last 2 days this 37 year old Czech runner has been running very well. Yesterday he ran 71 miles and at this moment in the morning there is nobody faster on the course. His pace is so smooth and flowing it would be nearly impossible to guess that he has been here doing this very same thing for the past 34 days. In the process also amassing 2187 miles.
This is Atmavir’s 8th race and it seems that the lessons you learn running 3100 mile race never end. No matter how many miles you have run. No matter how many years you have dedicated yourself to its baffling wonders. How to cope with bad days and also how to cope with days when you switch to autopilot and let the mysterious inner force within carry you almost effortlessly along.
“Right now I am one lap faster than Ashprihanal. In the afternoon it could change. So I don’t mind. If I am running I enjoy it, and if I am not running, I try to be a happy walker. But I have to say that I am a really miserable walker. Only Stutisheel is slower than me.”
