Mileage for today: 33 Visit 17th House. Starting point is the McDonald's on Knightdale Blvd. in Knightdale. Stopping point is the Ronald McDonald House at Durham located at 506 Alexander Ave. Today's run is dedicated to the Ronald McDonald House at Durham. Only you can prevent hotel fires. Another first happened this morning. I was given a send off by about a dozen and a half of Knighdale's finest police and firefighters. Oh, they weren't suppose to be there, that is until I burned my bagel and set off the smoke alarm. Nice! My Achilles was acting up on the run today. To the point where I getting worried. Somehow I figured out how to foot strike so that it didn't bother me. I sort of pointed my toe on the foot strike and going up the hills I kept up on the ball of my foot. The steeper the hill, the more I had to get up on the ball of my foot. Starting the day it was actually cold out. I almost had to wear a jacket to get started but I roughed it and worked out. Although I didn't get a license plate, I was sent off with my 20th interview. For the first time, I had an employee from one of the Ronald McDonald Houses run with me. Chris Hill from the Durham House closed out the last 10 miles with me in spite of a bum calf muscle. At the end of it all, I made great time today and finished up around 2:15. Not too shabby for a 30 miles day to knock it out in less than 5 hours and the day was capped off with Duke co-eds making pasta for dinner. Sweet! |
Day 41 - Knightdale, NC to Durham, NC
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