I had hoped that Lija would travel with me on a bike but the problems of transporting the bike to Ainazi proved too difficult to solve satisfactorily. The buses do not take bikes unless they can be dismantled. We then planned another route from Eleja on the Lithuanian border to Jurmala on the bay of Riga, as we thought there was a railway connection at each end. Unfortunately, the train does not run to Eleja anymore so I am forced to travel on my own.
The project is ambitious and I may end up having to catch a lift in time to get to the wedding. I am hoping to do a combination of jogging and walking. In early April, Lija's cousin Mark and I completed 46km in 6hrs in a rogaine at Melton and on 19 May we completed the 100km North Face 100 event in the Blue Mountains in just under 20hrs. We both ran a half marathon in early June, in my case in 1:58 and Mark, with his brother Paul, much faster.
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| Training in the Blue Mountains with Mark on Christmas Day 2011 |
Last night, Anita and I had dinner with Juris and Selga Benkis. Juris has run my blog for my last 3 walks - www.walkacrosslatvia2008.blogspot.com, www.walkuplatvia2009.blogspot.com and www.westernbaltics2010.blogspot.com. If I can solve my mobile phone problems, I will send reports and photos to either Lija or Juris to post on the blog.
The program is as follows:
Thursday 28 June - Ainazi to Jumpravmuiza (perhaps then traveling with Janis Apsitis to Straupe to meet his and Matiss's sheep)
Friday 29 June - Jumpravmuiza to Incukalns
Saturday 30 June - Incukalns to Ogre (and the wedding)
Sunday 1 July - Ogre to Skaistkalne (catching the 7:10pm bus back to Riga).
i'll be following your every step! x
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