Day 61 44km West to Nullarbor 43.4km

No wind in the morning. Very quiet except the noise of the traffic, especially of roadtrains.

But one hour after I started, the wind came from north east…head wind again.

When the wind comes from north, it means that it gets hot.

Sunny blue sky.

The sun shines perfectly.

After 10am the ray of the sun made me feel running in the real desert.

When the temperature rises up to 40 degrees, the hot wind blows, which dries me up completely.

It makes me feel like running on the heated frying pan. That's what I've already in running across the USA 2 years ago.

14 degrees in the morning, but 28 degrees in the afternoon.

Tomorrow will be much hotter, maybe 35 degrees.

So far so good because of the coolness in the Nullarbor. If I had run in the heat, everything would not have gone easy like that.

Around 4pm, I arrived at Nullarbor Roadhouse. Finally I got back to civilization where there are hot shower, refrigerator, TV and Internet available.


One quarter of the Nullarbor Plain was over. Just 300km to go to Ceduna, the eastern end of the Nullarbor.

*Today's Distance:43.4km

*Total Distance from Perth: 2215.4km

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Day60 80km East of Border Village to 44km West of Nullarbor 62.5km

Head wind almost every day…since I left Madura?

No supply since I left Border Village. One more day to Nullarbor Roadhouse.

Had a good meeting today too.

A family from Tasmania invited me to their caravan treating me a cup of coffee and lunch.

And they gave me some souvenir…lots of food such as dried fruits and canned food.

They were originally from Cronia, came to Adelaide just after World War Two.

It's nice to travel to meet someone we never know…that's what they also agreed.

We promised to meet again somewhere along the road.

Bunda Cliff was today's high light.

Cliff of 90m height stretches more than 200km from west to east along the Great Australian Bight.

Fortunately, the cliff was so beautiful with sunny, blue sky.


After running 62.5km, I finished my day at the rest area.

Close to the highway, it's kind of noisy because of the traffic.

When road trains come and go, it sounded like as if I was near the airstrip.

*Today's Distance:62.5km

*Total Distance from Perth: 2172.0km

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Day59 37km to 80km East of Border Village 46.0km

Whenever I camp out in the desert, I worry about the wind.

Actually, wind storm has often annoyed me here and there.

The floor sheet of my tent was totally covered with sand and dust.


Last night, fortunately, was okay. When I woke up there was slight wind, very quiet.


But when I started running, the wind came from ahead.

Headwind…always let me down…it's not easy to go on to run against the wind but if I run with the wind it's fun, not "against" is the key.



Meeting good people almost every day…this is also Law of Attraction, maybe.



Pitched my tent in the rest area with a picnic table.

Hope I'll have a peaceful night…

*Today's Distance:46.0km

*Total Distance from Perth: 2109.5km

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Day58 Eucla to 37km East of Border Village 50.2km

Took 2 day-off in Eucla, I reset myself and got ready for the next long stretch to Nullarbor.


Entered South Australia!

Crossed the border 12km after I left Eucla.

And the view of the sea! For the first time since I left Esperance..


Meeting people is my nutrition. I'm always happy to meet people and to be given food and water.

Isn't it nice to share the moment we live in this real world?


Pitched my tent in the middle of nowhere as usual.

But no trees around…what I worry about is gusty wind.

Hope my tent will be okay...

*Today's Distance:50.2km

*Total Distance from Perth: 2063.5km

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Day55 Mundrabilla to Eucla 66.2km

Still running in my dream…after I woke up, I felt weary.

Let me have a sound sleep while I'm in bed…



Head wind again…but today I'm more positive than I was yesterday.

No matter how hard the wind blows, I am the same as always.

What's important is try to be just the way I am.


One of the longest day, running 66km takes too long in the head wind.

Running not against the wind but with the wind.

The theme of this trek is Live Together, Run Together.

We got to be united to be the one on this planet.


Just before the sunset, I went up Eucla Pass and finally made it.


Got back into network for the first time in 3 days.

Take a day off tomorrow.

*Today's Distance: 66.2km

*Total Distance from Perth: 2013.3km

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Day54 60km East of Madura to Mundrabilla 56.7km

Started at 5:30am.

Head wind all through the day.

I was not able to run faster than 5km per hour.

Pushing heavy buggy is a brake itself.

Even though I have no buggy, I can't run but walk.

Trying to stay positive, but I often felt blue.


I got to be tolerant. I got to have an attitude to accept anything that happens to me.


Anyway the wind blows…That's the philosophy.

If we refuse something, we cannot get rid of it.

If we are against something, it's always against me.

Everything will be all right, if we accept everything.



After 5pm I finally arrive at Mundrabilla Roadhouse.

It might have been the hardest day in the Nullarbor Plain.

*Today's DIstance: 56.7km

*Total Distance from Perth: 1947.1km

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Day53 Madura to 60km East of Madura 60.4km

Funny how happy time flies…

I sometimes think it's a dream that Tenkyu Pingpongs appeared in the Nullarbor Plain all of a sudden.

But these two days have passed so fast.

It's hard to say goodbye but I got to keep on running and traveling. That's my mission, I know.

At 6:30, after returning a key at motel office, I said goodbye to Piapi, Goro, Sugar.

How glad I have been…to have spent a wonderful time with them.

It was so surprising that they had appeared in the Nullarbor Plain all of a sudden.

But anyway, it was one of the happiest time in my life.

Hope I'll see them again soon.


We waved our hands to each other.

I go to the east, they to the west, going back to Perth.


After traveling in Australia and New Zealand, I'll come back to Japan and we, Piapi and I get married on June 9, 2014.


Once I get back to reality, all I got to do is run.

Today I ran 60km, tomorrow I'll be in Mundrabilla.

Also, I'm glad to finish half of the Nullarbor Plain 600km tomorrow.

Still half, already half…

But half done is all done.

Run to Ceduna…the goal of the Nullarbor!

*Today's Distance: 60.4km

*Total Distance from Perth: 1890.4km

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