Morning!
Finally I get to sit down to share you about my encounter with this amazing young man who my family and I chased last Saturday morning. Like seriously, we planned it on Friday night that we would wake up early Saturday and try to meet this guy.
What so special about this guy that we would drag the kids even before breakfast, so we would not miss him?
Well his name is Pete Kostelnick, and he was running for Team USA on 24 H World Championship in Belfast, back in 2017. And the year before that? He broke the 36 years record of the fastest run across America! - from San Fransisco to NYC. WOWZER!
See, a celebrity on his field :D
Pagi Teman!
Tempo hari aku ada menyebutkan bahwa kami minggu lalu tuh sempat bertemu dengan selebriti, nah ini dia nih ceritanya, kalau tertarik baca :D
Selebriti yang satu ini sih bukan pemain sinetron, penyanyi, pelawak. Seperti yang aku bilang beberapa hari yang lalu, dia adalah selebriti di bidangnya sendiri, yaitu olahraga, lari.
Namanya Pete Kostelnick dan dia warga negara Amrik. Dia cukup terkenal dibidangnya dan merupakan salah satu anggota Team USA yang dikirim ke lomba lari internasional gitu. Dia pun pemecah rekor pelari tercepat jarak San Fransisco ke New York. Keren abis deh.
This year he set it as a goal to run for 3 months long, with Kenai, Alaska as the starting point, to Key West, Florida! When we met him, it was day 33 already!
Super cool, right???? Running E-VERY-DAY.
So obviously from Alaska to Florida on foot, you have to go through many towns, cities, and provinces of Canada.
Tahun ini dia punya angan-angan lari setiap hari dari kota Kenai di Alaska dan akan berakhir di kota Key West, Florida. Ini akan memakan waktu hingga bulan November nanti. Dia mulai dari bulan Juli bo!
Waktu kami jumpa dia tuh, sudah hari ke-33, belum juga setengah jalan, masih panjang perjalanannya dia.
Alaska ada di Amrik dan Florida pun juga di Amrik, namun dari Alaska ke Florida, dia harus melewati desa-desa, kota-kota, serta beberapa provinsi yang berbeda di Kanada. Jadi kebayangkan, bakalan banyak pengalamannya.
The local news caught his story and we learned from the news. So naturally we wanted to show our support haha.
I mean, we have a lot of bikers (like the ones biking throughout USA-Canada, or World Biking for 1 year etc) passing to and from Alaska, but for a runner? This was the first time!
We drove about 45 mins out just to stop at the side of the road to greet him
We were wondering whether we should grab him a box of protein bars and a couple of bottled water, but we did not know whether he has allergies or not, or how/what the situation would be, so guess what we gifted him? A pin from the city where he would be stopping for the night, that day.
He was so appreciative and said he would have this pin until Florida. Later on we read on the news that he is self-supported, which means he does not accept foods and drinks from people who greet him. So yeah, we were glad that we did not get any of those but the pin, and were totally happy when he updated his Instagram page and mentioned about the pin :D
Awalnya kami tau akan Pete ini pas baca berita di koran.
Kota kami sih sering sekali dilewati oleh orang bersepeda lintas benua, lintas negara, dan yang gitu-gitu deh. Namun karena ini pertama kalinya dilakukan oleh pelari, jadi langsung suami, aku dan anak-anak kompakan mau menyapa si Pete ini hahaha Ga ada kerjaan banget yak.
Kami suka banget dengan hal-hal positif seperti ini, jadi sudah sewajarnya orang-orang yang begini lah yang patut kita dukung dan kasih jempol. Meski kami harus bangun pagi, ninggalin rumah belum sarapan pula, nyetir 45 menit jauhnya, dan berhenti dipinggir jalan menanti si Pete, kami jabanin deh ehehehe
Di berita ada tulisan bahwa dia tidak menerima pemberian makanan ataupun minuman (karena dia lari tuh tidak bawa apa-apa, hanya kereta dorong kecil), jadi kami belikan dia pin baju yang bertuliskan nama kota dimana dia akan singgah/rehat semalam di hari itu.
Dia senang banget sama hadiah kecil dari kami, bahkan dia sebutkan di laporan website dia wkwkwk
This is one crazy goal though, especially since it rained for days and now it's Autumn weather, and if you know up-north, where we are, where he passed by, temperature is definitely much colder. In fact next week it will be snowing already :(
Pete will arrive in Florida sometime end of November, crossing fingers.
You can see his map, progress and updates plus nice pictures either on his website, http://petesfeetaa.com/, or Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/petesfeetaa/, but I follow on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/petekostelnick/
Kalau lihat dari peta yang telah dia lewati dan yang akan dia lewati, bener-bener deh, ini merupakan angan-angan yang luar biasa, gila hahahah Kebayang kan, disini aja waktu dia lewat dah musim angin dan hujan, dia bakalan lari sampai akhir November, yang kalau di Kanada sih dah musim salju, namun di Florida tentunya karena tropis yang bakalan hangat.
Waktu dia lewat kota kami saja, pas dingin, kami jumpa dia memakai jaket sedangkan dia lari santai dengan celana pendek hahaha. Hebat-hebat. Salut habis.
Check the map and see if he will be running through where you are at. Give him an applause :) I am not an American, and even I, am proud of meeting him :D
Thanks for reading!
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