Mileage for today: 31

Starting point is at the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta located at 938
Greene Street.
Stopping point is at the McDonald's on South Liberty Street in Waynesboro.

Today's run is dedicated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta and all the
volunteers over the past 25 years that have this House such a special for those families
in need.

Who's been killed there?

This morning I had the pleasure of running with some of America's finest men and
women of our outstanding armed forces.  Six in total came out to send me off stationed
out of Fort Gordon.  They helped me out for the first hour with the first 5 miles or so.

There was also a police escort for us from Augusta's Sheriff's department. 3 motorcycle
units and one patrol car kept me nice and safe for a smashing 22 miles!  How awesome
is that?  This was my 4th police escort and easily cleared the way with the most miles.  
The driver of the patrol car had a great sense of humor playing the music from Rocky
over his PA and even the theme song to TV show Cops.  Funny stuff.

A lot of my day was spent on Route 25, which is a 4 lane road with a 15 foot median.
When the Sheriff's depart and I parted ways, I was left with about 9 miles before my
ending destination.  I was in about 3 miles when I realized that the south bound lanes
were closed off to traffic and both were using the one side of the road . . . then I realized
that the south bound lanes WERE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC!!!!!  I caught an opening and
hopped over to have the south bound lanes all to myself.  My best guess is that with a 31
mile day, I had to deal with traffic for maybe 3 miles.  Super terrific!

I ran really well today.  I mean really well.  When the National Guardsmen split, I covered
the next 16 miles in 2 hours.  The 31 mile day was finished in just under 4 1/2 hours and
I really wanted to get into a hotel to take advantage of a restful night.  After stuffing my
face for lunch, I meandered another 1.6 miles to a hotel.  It was pretty scarce looking and
there were only two cars in the parking lot.  What a dump.  This place has crime scene
written all over it.  There's no doubt in my mind someone's been murdered here, we'll
see tomorrow if its me . . .
Day 52 - Augusta, GA to Waynesboro, GA