July 4th : Crossing into Asia
- Runner: David Christof
- Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
- Currently Resides: Oxford, Ohio, United States
- Language(s): Czech, English
- Family:
- Statement: “I honestly believe that with good will, monumental achievements are possible.” – David Christof, 2007
Today was the third day on the 3-9pm shift and the most important event of the day was crossing into Asia. Shiri ran the first leg, and on the 8th mile ran across the continental divide. To ensure quality pictures in case the picture of Shiri didn’t turn out, Chris, our photographer, took me to the monument and we did some staged shooting. It was pretty fun. I posed running across the line, jumping over the line, and sitting on the line. Last three days running in Russia has been very interesting. After our break day, I felt so good that I took it really hard the first day. Unfortunately, it was over 30C (close to 100F) as I took off at 3pm. The run was great… I felt tough, raced the accompanying biker on the uphills, and took it hard. I felt good (relatively, of course—considering I was running hard for 10 miles in the mid-day heat), and finished strong. About an hour after the run, however, my body started telling me that I had pushed myself just a little too much. I got a big headache, was dizzy, and felt nauseous. I was just laying on the seat in our van, suffering. Yep, I definitely had a heat exhaustion, or something of that sort. Fortunately it didn’t get worse, and by the time we got to the hotel around midnight I felt better. It definitely scared me though. I have to be careful in the heat. We still have about 2 months left, and a lot of miles to cover. Water is life, and life is good in Russia.
November 4: Exactly 2 months ago, we finished our run around the world for safe drinking water.
I have been avoiding writing this for weeks. I think subconsciously I didn’t want to write the last blog entry, because it would mean that it was over.
Utah and running up to the Independence Pass (12,095 feet)
It’s now 4:31am, and team Yellow is driving to a hotel, somewhere in New York state after our 9pm-3am shift. It’s been a while since I wrote a blog.
Coming to America
We’ve made it. We’re back in the US of A. It’s kind of surreal. We’ve run the whole Euroasia, from Ireland to Japan… and now we’re back in the States, where we’ve started.
Leaving Japan tomorrow
July 31, 11:20am-sitting in a van, one hour before my last 10miler in Asia
Last week in Russia
Since last week, we have not had access to the internet. I had 2 cold showers, and one day a swim in a lake instead of a cold shower.
July 9th : Looking back
On June 1st we left New York City… 39 days later, on July 9th, we are approaching Novosibirsk in Russia. Tomorrow I’ll be 28.
July 7th : It's all about perspective - Two haircuts in one day
On this special day, 7/7/07, we were spending most of the morning and afternoon in Ishim. To commemorate this astronomically interesting day, I decided to get a haircut.