Day 442 – EU – Turkey [Luleburgaz to Corlu]

20/06/21

48km

  From Luleburgaz (Turkey) to Corlu (Turkey)

Europe

Another long run on the D100 and welcomed by torrential rain in Corlu

Suleymanyi Cami in Corlu

The road today was very similar to yesterday (minus the 16 hills that is!). The sky was low and grey as I left and I was expecting rain to break at any time. It started raining heavily as I approached the periphery of Corlu and it quickly turned into a mighty rain, the likes of which I only remember seeing during the rainy season in tropical Singapore! The roads quickly flooded and I was running with water above the ankle. Thankfully it wasn’t too cold.

Sleepy dogs on Cumhuriyet Myd, Corlu

Since I still have not gotten a replacement phone and this one is highly sensitive to humidity, I kept it in its waterproof pocket throughout the run. No picture from the road today. I hope to get a replacement one in Istanbul (probably cheaper than in the US). Anyhow the only pictures I got today are from my late afternoon stroll in Corlu, and they magistrally fail to illustrate the point about the rain! The skies had cleared by then, and it was a really pleasant and sunny afternoon.

Statue of Ataturk, the Stateman who modernised Turkey

I’m seeing a lot of stray dogs in the towns I have run through so far. Most of them have an ear tag, a sign they have been neutered and vaccinated. They seem to live peacefully alongside humans, you’d see them lying on the pavement, anywhere and they mostly look well fed.

Personal note: Today is fathers’ day in France, so I’m wishing my dad a good one. My dad has been a runner since his 30’s and been a keen marathon runner ever since. It took us till 2011 to run a half marathon together, in Normandie. I was quite impressed as he was 65 and easily ran well under 2hrs. I thank him for the good genes I have inherited!

Check my daily run GPS data on or

Here is the map of today’s run: