Home BATIRUN 2021 The Batirun spirit Other races Contact Wednesday 24 November 2021 Chape Today is the last straight line in terms of structural work and everyone is there. Ali, by popular demand, starts the music and the warm-up begins. We do not know what goes on in the heads of the children, the fact remains that they especially laughed to see these white adults gesticulating in the middle of the yard at 8 am. Without further ado, the team gets down to business and discovers the fabrication of what will make it possible to reinforce the concrete of the screed. Here, no welded mesh. The iron is brought in bars. These bars are assembled by hand one by one. Inside, the location of the future blackboard is demarcated and in the meantime, all the rubble from the site must be extracted from the room. Race side The starting signal is given from the ecolodge. You have to follow the markings along the river and go up to the majestic cheese makers, heading towards the eucalyptus trees which leave the prospect of a straight line on the tannic. Halfway through the race, we can see the Batirun flame on the left, a reassuring sign that Pierre is there for the ravito. Then the course is traced in the fields. The peanuts were pulled up and little by little are piled up before being threshed. It is through these fields that a cart path brings the competitors back to the village. Another good kilometer before hearing the sound of Babacar's djembe on the finish line which was installed at the women's craft market, at the gates of the ecolodge. The socks, the laces are infested with cram-cram (learned name: Cenchrus biflorus and also called "do not leave me"). This dry herbaceous plant releases pungent seeds that cling to clothing. The kind of souvenir that you will inevitably bring back in your suitcase and that you may find much later. Wink from Senegal. Julien MAUDET takes the lead in this stage, followed by Philippe MOREAU and Michelle OMBERT. This gives the general classification, 1st place, Philippe, 2nd place, Michelle and 3rd place, Julien. TANN stage - 5.5 kms