MILE 2 - With this humidity it already feels hotter than 84!...
MILE 3 - I will be dealing with very high winds again today as well...
MILE 4 - Today's forecast originally called for high winds, heavy rain and hail!...
MILE 5 - So that is what I was mentally prepared to deal with today...
MILE 6 - Back in the water as opposed to the city street...
MILE 7 - I have been following Eddie Izzard's commitment to complete 27 marathons in 27 days in honor of the 27 years Nelson Mandela spent in Prison...
MILE 8 - I have just learned via Twitter that due to unforeseen medical complications Eddie has been unable to continue...
MILE 9 - Aside from my own father, Nelson Mandela may have had the greatest impact on my own life. In my darkest hour of my life, when I lost everything and was sent to prison, the very first book that found it's way into my hands was Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk To Freedom"...
MILE 10 - So I am going to run marathons number 5 through 27 in honor of Eddie Izzard and Nelson Mandela. It is too great a cause that is too close to my own heart to let Eddie's attempt stop...
MILE 11 - In the words of Eddie Izzard, I owe this to Nelson Mandela and a whole lot more...
MILE 12 - Since I am 29 days away from completing a monumental 100 marathons in 100 days, my first thought was to dedicate marathons 74 through 100 to Nelson Mandela representing Eddie. But I the first four marathons belong to Eddie. I do not want to take that from him...
MILE 13 - If you have not read Nelson Mandela's book, "Long Walk to Freedom", you owe it to yourself to read this book...
MILE 14 - As I blog this it is 81 degrees and extremely humid, but this struggle is paradise compared to What Nelso Mandela endured any given day for 27 incomprehensible years...
MILE 15 - One mile at a time, one person at a time I will make more people aware of what Eddie was doing and why...
MILE 16 - Heading south running (leaning) directly into a very strong wind...
MILE 17 - The storms west of here are getting closer, but at least bringing clouds with them!...
MILE 18 - The sun is still making an appearance from time to time, and when it does, it gets real hot!...
MILE 19 - This wind is killing me today...
MILE 20 - Time to pick up my running partner...
MILE 21 - I am willing to run straight into this wind for miles 21, 22, and 23 so we can have it at our back for miles 24, 25, and 26...
MILE 22 - 89 degrees on the bank thermometer we are passing right now!!!...
MILE 23 - This is definitely a great leg workout!...
MILE 24 - Time to turn back to the north...
MILE 25 - Now we get the wind pushing us!...
MILE 26 - I have had 16 oz of Gatorade in the last 7 miles, I am mildly dehydrated, my feet feel like they have been through a meat grinder, and my body feels like I was hit by a tranquilizer dart. Other than that I feel amazingly alive...
Today was for Eddie Izzard for Nelson Mandela.
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