The day started at 5am in the dark of the hotel and without power it took a little longer to get ready for some of us!!! We left Bugiri at 6am and headed out of the dark roads with the flashes of lightning. The team continued the running relay with 10kms each and during the first 10km of the day it was a slow incline in the rain. As the first 10km was completed the weather changed and it was warm but dry for the next lucky runner.
We reached the edge of Iganga and the first 30km of the day in record time. We were joined by the Red Cross volunteers who had been delivering the training and wanted to run through Iganga town with us. We had decided to try and run an extra 10km on the other side of Iganga, to reduce the distance for the following day (which would be a very long day). As we were encouraged by the the local volunteers we continued and actually covered an extra 26km!!!!
After picking up the daily bananas (which is our stable diet for breakfast in the jeep), we headed back to Iganga town for a function at which point we realised that the distance we had covered was far more than we had thought!!
The branch had arranged a run around town to the function which was to promote road safety and we also had the support from the local police. During the fuction we also had more television and newspaper interviews, the only challenge we have now, is to get copies of them..
After the function we were invited to lunch by the branch where we enjoyed fish, goat, rice and matoke. We did discuss the fried flying ants but they didn't have any available but we did agree that we could make a good omelette with onions, garlic and grasshoppers!!
Tomorrow will be a tough day with us running in and out of Jinja but also up the hills of the Mabera forest but the reward at the end of the day will be a night in the cool forest thanks to GeoLodges....
We even had a few animals cheering us on....
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