Mileage for today: 32 Visit 23st House. Starting point is the Pizza Chef Restaurant on Central Avenue in Guyton. Stopping point is the Ronald McDonald House of Savannah located at 4710 Waters Ave. Today's run is dedicated in honor of Jen Riley. Jen has been battling breast cancer since she was 28. The cancer, which previously had spread to her lungs, was just found in her brain, she's 37. This dedication was submitted on behalf of Jen's sister-in-law, from her sister-in-law's best friend, Julia, as well as from me. It's a numbers game. Well, I ended a three day love affair with Route 17. I ended day 53 with 12 miles on her, all day yesterday and half of today. It worked out to around 64 miles on that road. There were numerous casualties of deer and armadillos strewn about. I was actually going to scoop up one of the armadillos so I can put them in my pants. Then I could say I have an armadillo in my trousers (those keeping score at home that is Spinal Tap reference #2). We shared two lonely nights in a tent, a medium sausage pizza, a bottle of melon flavored Boone's Farm and not one shower - nice. Probably the worst number was the number of cups of tea I had - zero. My day just isn't right without a few cups of hot tea. I'm a pansy like that. When I ended my weekend relationship with ole number 17, I was on Route 80. Route 80 actually has signs of life. There were stores and gas stations and places to buy stuff. I was on 80 a few miles thinking how nice it was when I realized these stores will have tea! Caffeine! Liquid gold!. I quickly pulled into a convenient store and got my fix. The first cup in days and it was good. Ummmm good. I also spotted women's underware #8. Today I also logged in the most miles in one week at 241. That is just a sick amount of miles. To help put that in perspective, if someone were to run a marathon (26.2 miles) everyday for a week, they would fall short by 56 miles. I'm a sick, sick man. One thing I do need is more places to crash. I have a bunch of nights where I'm not covered. So, if anyone knows of someone who lives in or near a town where I'll be passing through and you think they might put me up for a night, hook me up. If there is a "N" next to a day, it means I'm outdoors. Thanks. |
Day 55 - Guyton, GA to Savannah, GA
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