We woke up this morning around 7. Andy was missing from where he orginally fell asleep and we all assumed that the hard floor was to much for him. We felt he climbed into the cab of the fire truck for a softer bed. It turned out that he moved his bedding into the kitchen of the fire house because the time card machine was driving him nuts. Every minute it would produce a sonic boom - first a softer ticking sound then a giant BOOM!
After packing all our gear up and eating a few power bars we were on the road by 8. Our plan was to travel 10 miles to McRae and fine something to eat. Matt and Andy ran together for most of the morning as Dewey went ahead to scout out a diner to eat. Ken, still sore from all the miles, lagged close behind. He called us maybe 20minutes into the run to tell us two guys from Alamo stopped him and donated a $5 bill and a bag full of coins. They had saw Ken's nationrun.com t-shirt the night before and looked us up online. In total Mat Rainey and Victor Villegas donated close to $14 toward our run. Thanks for the breakfast fellas.
At 9:30 we reached the outskirts of town and waited for Ken. As soon as he arrived we found a place to rest as well as eat. We all had breakfast and for the first time in our lives ordered grits with our meal. It looked a lot like oatmeal and none of us took more than a bite before calling it a night. After about an hour we started out again for another 10 miles and our next pit stop, a small gas station in Chauncey GA. "Don't blink or ya'll miss it" we were told. The town had a post office, a church, and the ever important gas station where we refueled until we reached our final destination for the day in Eastman.
The weather was cloudy and windy all day but up until that point it had not rained. It was looking darker and darker in the distance and with 8 miles to go before we ended our day we wanted to beat the incoming storm. Dewey and Matt pushed ahead while Andy waited for Ken to catch up. Matt and Dewey arrived at the hotel right around 2pm. Unfortunately, Ken and Andy were unable to get in before the storm hit. For the last 5 minutes of their day, rain pelted them from every direction. They stumbled into the hotel just before 3 screaming NATION at the top of their lungs.
At night Dewey biked into town and picked up 4 pizzas for everyone. He hand delivered them using the baby jogger as a carrying bag. The next few days are going to be short in comparision to the last few, only covering about 20 miles per day. Seth was able to get us another interview with the local paper in Hawkinsville and the news reporter offered to put us up for the night. It's going to be a great feeling heading out tomorrow knowing we have only 20 miles to cover and to have a roof over our heads.
Sidenote: After only 6 days of running the roads of GA we have found 4 license plates as well as a custom Georgetown plate.
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