Home BATIRUN 2021 The Batirun spirit Other races Contact Sunday, November 21, 2021 Launch of the construction site The Tribe rose early ... at the same time as the sun. The famous sunrise for breakfast at the ecolodge, a spectacle that we never tire of. The temperature will quickly rise so we must not delay and it is on foot that Batirunneuses and Batirunneurs joined the site. The first day is particularly physical. Especially since exceptionally, given the situation of the future class, it was not possible to store the concrete blocks nearby. First of all, Ali, member of the Batirun staff, starts the music and suggests a slight warm-up. A lot of fun before moving on to serious matters: distribute yourself from one point to another, so as to create a chain that will avoid unnecessary fatigue and limit movements. However, more than 1,000 concrete blocks are handled and placed near the framework prepared by the masons. To attack !!! The walls are rising quickly (... well). Each one settles down at a post, under the watchful eye of François, in close collaboration with the local masons who amaze us with their technique. Along with the structure of the class, others are responsible for repairing the "latrines" and restarting the water point. "Remember to hydrate yourself!" it is the instructions of the Doc, Alae, and Audrey, the nurse, who keep watch. After the watermelon break, work resumes until 12 noon. That's all for today. Tomorrow: plasters and openings. Race side First sensations on Senegalese soil for most of the participants and, even if the race is launched at the end of the afternoon, the heat is there. The start is given from the XAM XAMLE Center (Savoir et faire savoir, in Woloff) where we were invited to discover the local products produced by the GIE (Economic Interest Grouping) of women from surrounding villages. A way to get to know the Center de Terres et Cultures Solidaires, in Fimela, where Chantal was able to organize a "louma", a local market. The trail begins with a sandy path bordered by eucalyptus trees and very quickly it is a long straight line on the tannic. You then have to follow the laterite track to find sand and eucalyptus again, cross the village of Simal and cross the finish line at the ecolodge. The walkers leave a few minutes before the runners. Michelle OMBERT and Philippe MOREAU are on familiar ground and offer themselves 1st place, hand in hand. Then come Julien MAUDET then Jérémie BAUDOUIN. The youngest of this edition, the young Raphael THIL seems very comfortable. Louma stage - 6.9 kms day by day