He Dakar It is a difficult adventure for each of the 3,500 people from the bivouac. After a rough start, the real action, the most punishing of mind and body, began this Tuesday. It’s important to pace yourself, just like in a race. There will come a point where you can hardly sleep and all you think about are the hours or minutes you will have rest that day. All, because of the daily change in the bivouac.
That is indicative take down the tent, take the bag and close the suitcase at night, in the dark and in the coldso as not to be late for the bus that will take us to the flight that will land at a military airport in another part of Arabia. It means drag a 30 kg suitcase across the sand full of everything else.
Minutes of waiting are usually accumulated during which it is difficult to rest between bus, plane and coach again to the new bivouac. Again, we had to drag the suitcase and set up the tent, many times, there was no time to shower because the motorcycles had already reached the finish line. As I write these lines I know I will go to bed at 2 to prepare texts and get up at 5.
To save time, today, arriving at Al Henakiyah, I decided not to pitch a tent and sleep (if they would let me) on the floor of the press room. Also my colleagues, to avoid the stressful process of picking up at night with the feeling that the bus will leave us on the ground, with sand on our clothes and sore hands from the cold. This way I will steal some golden minutes from the alarm clock.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
