July 6th : The Bliss
- Runner: Sunila Jayaraj
- Birthplace: Kolar, Karnataka, India
- Currently Resides: Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
- Language(s): Kannada, Hindi, English
- Family:
- Statement: "It’s the obligation of every literate and fortunate world citizen today to act in every possible way to bring the hope to our less fortunate fellow beings by providing the basic necessities, such as safe drinking water.” – Sunila Jayaraj, 2007
After a hard hot sunny run on those rolling hills without a shade, when I see our team van and teammates waving at me just around the corner of those tall white birch wood trees, it is bliss. I give it all I’ve got and finish strong. Getting into van with open windows, enjoy the cool breeze when we drive, changing to dry clothes, taking a deep breadth and stretching on the front folding seat is bliss. Reaching out in the cooler and getting a cold Gatorade, holding it against backside of my neck and watching yellow fields glowing in the bright sun with light Russian music is bliss. Running in misty dawns and dusty dusks with glittering green is bliss. Running after a hard rain into a bright rainbow is bliss. Finding a café at 2 am with fresh brewed coffee and sipping it while reading “Kite Runner” is bliss. Finding vegetable noodles in Novosibrisk after eating bland vegetarian food for almost 3 weeks was bliss. Being part of this amazing race for hope and saying “water is life, pass it on” at every exchange point day in and day out is bliss.
July 25th – July 28th: China, my expectations and actual experience!!
July 23rd : Gobi desert , Conquering hills in the Gobi, running next to copper mines
July 21st : Nomadic family and my relationship
July 19th : Half way: We did (PI * R) today, where the R= Radius of earth
July 18th: Lake Baikal – “Siberian Miracle of the Nature”
July 15th - 16th : High way was like "The Mother In law Tongue" - Kansk, Tulun
The roads in North Bihar bordering Nepal along Kosi River in India was the worst I had seen till I saw Tulun highway in Siberia from Kansk.
July 11th – July 14th 9:00pm-3:00am: Cops’ escort – Foggy midnight runs
It’s amazing to run at midnight and don’t have to wear the reflecting vest or the head lamp. Yes, the sun sets after midnight at this part of the world.
July 9th – July 11th: Novosibrisk - Ob River and its abandoned canal systems
Novosibirsk is one of the biggest cities in Russia and considered the third largest city after Moscow and St.Petersburg and the biggest one behind the Ural Mountains.
July 7th-July 9th: Van was stuck in the mud – Longest run, - Tyumen, Omsk
We will be running 3:00pm-9:00pm for next four days. Hoping to have milder hot runs and fewer bugs in this shift.
July 6th : The Bliss
After a hard hot sunny run on those rolling hills without a shade, when I see our team van and teammates waving at me just around the corner of those tall white birch wood trees, it is bliss.
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