Mile 2 - The forecast for today is sunny and 80 degrees with more high humidity!...
Mile 3 - Right now the weather is perfect and the traffic is light...
Mile 4 - Right now part of me wants to head back and get some sleep and the other part of me wants to just keep going...
Mile 5 - I did not have much time to charge my i-phone after finishing yesterday's marathon (about an hour and a half ago!)...
Mile 6 - That and I have not slept since completing yesterday's marathon!....
Mile 7 - Of course it does not help that I keep running straight north...
Mile 8 - It is a clear night so at least I have the moonlight to light my way...
Mile 9 - Now we're getting somewhere!...
Mile 10 - The only downside to this spontaneous night run is that I took with me only 16 oz of Gatorade and a pouch of raw almonds...
Mile 11 - Fortunately it is a cool 60 degrees and getting cooler...
Mile 12 - It is actually getting quite chilly out here!...
Mile 13 - Definitely getting tired now...
Mile 14 - Finally get to turn around and head back to the house...
Mile 15 - I turned around exactly at 13.1 miles so if my phone does go dead, I know I have my miles covered!..
Mile 16 - This country highway I took out of town has a lot of rolling hills...
Mile 17 - The sky is beginning to light up behind me in the east...
Mile 18 - The i-phone is not dead yet but I'm getting there!...
Mile 19 - But I am still moving...
Mile 20 - Finally! I found water!...
Mile 21 - All better...
Mile 22 - So much for just knocking out a couple of today's miles after midnight...
Miles 22 through 26.2 miles - Battery was on fumes at mile 22 so I stopped the blog updates to be able to keep my runmeter app going, which failed anyway at the 25.12 mile mark. I continued on and with my deviations off of the 13.1 mile run from the house, I actually completed close to 27 miles for the day. Day 84 is in the books. And I am exhausted.
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