Wednesday 21st July

Day two of the run began at 5am with the sound of rain hitting the tin roof in the Iki Iki Hilton. It was a cool morning and we travelled to Mbale eating the daily breakfast bananas and ground nuts. We started the day running through the rain and the muddy paths and roads out of Mbale and looking like ducks sliding!!! As we followed the road to Tororo we ran parallel to the Kenyan border and greeted many travellers who had heard we were running today.

The first 30km was achieved in record time (well for us..) in 2.45hrs, but then the next 30km took us even longer as it became hotter. Along the route we did get stuck in a little traffic and at one point we were even over taking bikes..

As we arrived into Tororo we were greeted by the local volunteers and we ran the final 2km (which was actually 5km!) to the Red Cross event. At the event we heard about how they had used the funding we gave them to train first aiders and how they are educating the community in first aid and road safety. It was good to hear about their work and how they are going to continue to educate the community and young people through schools.

We have been interviewed everywhere that we have been and yesterday we were interviewed for the Uganda National Television (NTV) which is been showed throughout the day. We have also been interviewed by the national radio station who have broadcasted the project on all of their channels and in all languages.. so we now expect even more support and engagement in the first aid trainings.

After the long first two days we headed to our accommodation to wash our running kit and clothes for the next day but also finalise some security arrangements.