昨天我们大约在晨间6:15左右与跑者挥手道别。很可惜，约一小时后我们就接到随队司机的电话，告知我们跑者在忍痛缓慢推进20公里后，毅然决定要提早收工，结束当日行程。

同时，幸运的是，在与Nur一同拜会托斯亚（Tosya）市长Kazium Sahin 之后，我们也给跑者与其他核心团队带来一个好到不能再好的好消息。我们为了请求今晚营地的安全协助造访市长办公室（挺豪华的！），一小时后，在市长先生盛情难却之下，全队不仅住进当地的Dogramaci Hotel，还获邀参加他当晚在饭店顶楼餐厅所举办的宴会！

宴会中我们有幸结识市长的友人、同事、伙伴与其他当地领导人等近30位新朋友，也享受美食、演说（我的土耳其文演说处女秀非常简短，不过看来还算不错！）、音乐与舞蹈，渡过一个非常愉悦（而且难得干爽）的晚上。

可惜义杰无法加入晚宴，他得乖乖治疗他的胫骨内侧压力症候群（Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome，又称前胫痛），这是一种由下肢引起的疼痛，成因包括长时间从事反复动作，例如长跑使足部过度旋前（Pronation）导致胫骨内转，并使下肢的肌肉受到拉扯。若拖延治疗将使跑者的状况随长跑而更行恶化。此刻的情况非常明显与撒哈拉截然不同。

基于这些难以预知的情况，专业医疗团队建议跑者们好好休息一天，直到明天（周六）再重新出发。因此，我们也与Dogramaci Hotel饭店交涉（以非常便宜的价钱）多住一晚，在室内看着雨水倾泻而下，我们心中暗自想着此时抵达托斯亚（Tosya）真是棒透了。现在我们稍微落后长跑进度，不过不碍事，早在规划时已在每个国家预排一些因应紧急状况的弹性时间，现在可以在土耳其派上用场了。

我们的 Nur 小姐试着替核心团队与当地学校安排一场足球友谊赛，这可是托斯亚（Tosya）与联合国部队的午后决战哩，应该会很好玩！

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Having waved-off the runners at 6.15am yesterday, it was very disappointing to get a call from the support vehicle an hour later saying they weren’t going to make it far. Indeed after a painfully slow 20km they were pulled in.

In the meantime, fortunately for the runners and the rest of the team, the meeting Nur and I had with Kazium Sahin, Mayor of Tosya, couldn’t have gone any better. We went into his (rather plush) offices with the aim of securing a camp site for the night. We left an hour later having gratefully accepted his generous offer of for the whole team to stay at the Dogramaci Hotel and to join his party at the rooftop restaurant in the evening.

We joined 30 of the Mayor’s friends, colleagues, associates and other local leaders for a thoroughly enjoyable (dry) evening of eating, speeches (my maiden speech in Turkish was extremely brief but seemed to go down OK!), music and dancing. Omer from Karadeniz ev yemekleri even made it over

Unfortunately Kevin couldn’t make it to the dinner, having just received treatment for his medial Tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) - a painful condition of the lower limb causes may include biomechanical abnormalities such as over pronation of the foot causing internal rotation of the tibia which pulls and strains the muscles of the lower leg. This may have been aggravated by running on the road for a prolonged period of time. The conditions are obviously very different to the Sahara.

As a result of these unforeseen circumstances, the runners have been advised to take a day’s rest and start again tomorrow (Saturday). We have negotiated another (very cheap) night in the Dogramaci Hotel and looking at the rain coming down outside, we’re feeling that the timing of our arrival in Tosya was excellent. We’re a little behind the planned schedule now, however we have a couple of days contingency planned for each country which will be needed in Turkey for sure.

Nur is trying to organize a game of football with the local school this afternoon which should be fun – Tosya v Rest of the World.

 本文报道光头绿叶陈军参加的丝路活动的日志，摘自他们的探索日记。期待更多的人关注和支持他们的活动。出处网址：http://cn.thehomeexpedition.org(本博文由扎西多杰赵增寿帮博主编辑呈现)