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to ensure that I enjoy a strife-free run. 'I will guarantee Pat's safety,' he
said. Minister Guevara, quite simply, wants tourists to return to Mex-
ico and does not want an international incident in which an Australian
athlete running for charity comes to harm.
The vans have gone on ahead, and in them, along with Katie,
Bernie and Chris, are our newcomers, the Mexicans Gustavo Garza,
Javier Trujillo and Juan Femet. Their job will be to handle the filming
and technical aspects of the media coverage as well as carrying out
general duties. Most importantly, they speak the language, and I have
a feeling they'll be worth their weight in gold pesos before we part
ways in South America.
The government and the army are in charge of Mexico by day,
but the drug lords control it at night, so I've been told I need to start
running after the sun rises and finish before it sets. Apart from the pos-
sibility that I will be kidnapped, the authorities worry that if I run at
night or enter an unsafe area and in so doing interrupt a drug deal I
could be gunned down without a qualm.
I'm grateful for the protection. Another bonus is that, because
