Saturday, February 16, 2008

Day 16

So Ken just wrote an excellent Blog, I proof-read it and tryed to publish it, and some how or another its gone. I'll try to re-create it as best I can, but I'm no Ken "Ken Stannard" Stannard. Here goes nothing.

I'm Ken and I'm really good at dancing, I'm also really good at giving high fives and setting trends!

Seriously though...

Today started off with a delicious breakfast prepared for us by Mr. Pennell. We had eggs, toast, fruit, bacon and all sorts of other goodies (even ice cream!).

As soon as we got started with our run Kyle Montgomery (ironically a reporter IN Montgomery) got in touch with us and hunted us down for an interview. Right away we knew Kyle was our kind of guy, he was joking around with us and we felt he was legitimately interested in what we're doing. Its always nice to talk to people who are into what we're doing, some people just go through the motions of asking us "Why are you doing it? Is it hard?". We talked with him for a while and then got on our way down Atlanta Highway. This road was pretty busy, and pretty shoulder-less, but we still found a way to muscle our way through it.

Around 2pm we met back up with The Pennell's. They pulled up to us near an old abandoned restaurant and brought us some delicious chicken burgers, fries and a coke for each of us. They're timing couldn't have been better as we were all feeling a bit "grungry" at the time.

Feeling recharged we made our way following our trusty GPS. The handy tool had us running down Poplar Rd. a road that goes through the Montgomery Air Force base. We made our way down the road and through the base and ended up in a remote part of the base. We were pretty confused since the road we were looking for didn't exist, and we were surrounded by barbed wire fences. I decided to call Mr. Pennell for some advice and he told us to hang tight and he'd help us out. The Pennell family was quickly on the scene and escorted us back to where we entered the base and we got on our way to Prattville.

The remainder of the run went by very quickly. For the first time in days Ken ran totally pain free and we were all very happy for him. This kid has shown so much heart these last two weeks, I respect him and Andy more and more every day out here.

We eventually made it to our destination, the home of Lisa Carswell, a friend and co-worker of Mr. Pennell. Lisa gave us a warm welcome and took Ken and I to a shopping plaza to pick up some gear. Ken picked up a new pair of running shoes and I picked up some snacks and drinks for tomorrows 27+ day. After our errands we picked up Andy and headed to Fat Boy's. Fat Boy's is a popular Prattville BBQ joint started by a former trucker about 10 years ago. We all enjoyed another hearty southern meal with plenty of sweet tea.

I feel real bad for losing Ken's post, he worked on it for almost an hour. Hopefully he can fill you all in on whats going on with his mind, body and soul with our next post. Until then, follow your heart and be the best you you can possibly be!

<3 Durkin

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