Day 25-Day of Questions

Being out on the open road brings about a lot of free time; time to discuss life, goals, girlfriends and dreams. It also brings about a lot of questions. A few days ago the guys started playing, “Question of the Day.”

Today’s question was, “If given a million dollars, would you stop the run-and never have the option to attempt it ever again?”
Without a doubt Andy, Ken and Matt all said no-they are living a dream that a mere million dollars can’t take away. What would you do?

I apologize for posting today on yesterday’s events.

The guys awoke this morning and were picked up by Robby, who they had dinner with last night and went to a local biscuit shop for breakfast. They all dined on ‘egg McMuffin’ type of sandwiches before hitting the road at 8:00am. One note about the breakfast place was that you could write on the walls and leave messages-the guys definitely tagged the place with NationRun.

The day was to top out at 32 miles and the mood was slightly hindered as all the guys are battling minor injuries and overall soreness. Andy’s shin is still bothering him, Ken’s knee is slightly sore and Matt’s foot was giving him some trouble-the toll of being on the road for almost a month is catching up with them. The weather was awesome all day-in the upper 60s. By the end of the day all were shirtless.

About 5 miles into it they came upon an old abandoned car shop. There were pieces of rusted cars everywhere and the most exciting item of ‘lawn furniture’ was a car that had been tipped up horizontal, with its front end slightly buried into the ground. The guys all got a kick out of it, climbing in and around it, taking pictures.
With 16 miles left in the day they stopped for a short packed lunch on the side of RT. 14. Andy noted that RT 14 didn’t feel like a road, but more like a trail. It was lined heavily with tall, overgrown trees. It was really cool looking.

As you would guess there are a lot of dogs on the road and today was no different. The dogs they encounter are well trained; when they see the guys passing by they run at full force right up to their property line, but stop abruptly and bark at them. Often times the guys joke that they are soldiers and have been ordered to ‘hold the lines’ and ‘stand at attention.’ Today there must have been a whole battalion because as they passed by a house, 5 dogs, all of different sizes, charged at them. But like always they stopped at the edge of their property and barked. For some reason Ken thought this site and sound was hilarious. He stopped and grabbed his camera to video record the dogs. He said that the ‘different pitches of barking,’ made him laugh.

With no definite place to stay the night the guys decided to push beyond the planned 32 and go about 35 to make it to Kosciusko MS-which they last found out is the home town of Oprah. Their first duty was to find dinner. They found a small place called, ‘Rib Alley’ and enjoyed hamburgers and a salad bar. After dinner the local newspaper interviewed the guys and then it was off to find the local police station in order to secure a place to stay. As they walked around they noticed that the town had a real ‘All American’ feeling. It was not too big or small, but comprised of everything a person could ever need. In the center of the town was a small historical building, which was circled by a road with shops that lined it. (Think Columbus Circle in New York City, but on a much smaller scale).

They found the police station ad it was huge. They thought they would have no problem staying there. Matt even said, “if they don’t let us stay here tonight, what can we do to get in here?” Jokingly implying that he wanted to commit a small crime to get locked up for the night. But the police officers could do better; a free room at the hotel down the street.

Tomorrow they head back out on RT 14 headed to Durant MS. It will be a short day, about 18 miles which all are looking forward to.

Before hanging up with Andy I asked him what if it was $20 million dollars. All he replied with was, “DONESO!”

-Dan