View Single Post Old 01-06-2013, 07:07 PM   #11 love what you do
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Oddometer: 19,460 Originally Posted by neduro View Post Have you
ever had an intense period in your life where the sensation of
time became non-linear? That's how Dakar feels. Even though it's
only Day 2, the extended buildup, and the organization that came
together in the days before the start, the people who are a part
of the race are already settling into a timeless feeling, where
everything you can remember is the race and everything you can
foresee is the race. You are part of a living breathing moving
thing, and it is all consuming.  The rhythm of the bivouac is
very simple. Its strength comes not from what is done there, but
from what is not done there- anything not related to getting
thru the next day, to going fast. Morning comes early, a
mediocre meal at the food tent, getting dressed, and trying to
wrap your head around the details of the day- how many K's to
gas, the GPS code,