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6/26/2011

.One of the most important components of performance is sleep. Without good sleep our bodies get angry and rebel. At times the consequences are injury. I didn’t quite allow my muscles to go through their usual repair cycle last night and my movement reflected that fact. Not fueling up properly didn’t help either. I guess it was a double whammy.

I grumbled as I slowly put one foot in front of another. Eventually I found a pizza place and gave myself a boost. I knew my destination but I wasn’t sure where I would be putting my head. There was no hotel in the town where I was headed. There was a campground five miles north though. The drawback there was that I’d have to backtrack following a thirty plus mileage day. That didn’t sound appealing to me so I did what I always do...

6/25/2011

The day started with an event at the Marsh Foundation. Despite my aching bones, I made my way to the Marsh Foundation grounds. Kathleen and her daughter Rachel greeted outside and took me to the recreation room. I was greeted by two Lisas and a handful of kids. It was predominantly a male audience with a couple of girls. I was hit with some of the usual questions like “Where do you stay?” but, I was also caught by new ones as well.

Roger asked me to speak to him in Chinese after making the astute observation that I am of Chinese descent. Another boy Mitchell asked me to speak Bulgarian. I thought that was kind of a random question. Overall, the kids were great. When we finished the reading part of the day, we moved into the running part...

6/24/2011

Cold Pizza for breakfast. Interviewed by Marsha McConnell of Fox news Ft. Wayne at noon. Took to the road at 12:30. Seven miles in flat tire.

I sat by the side of the divided highway pumping up my tire. I thought it would hold. I was mistaken. After pushing the stroller for a couple miles, it was flat again. Yesterday the right side went out. Today the left side let me have it. I thanked my lucky stars that I met Frank Dickerson back in Worden, Illinois. He has been in my thoughts lately but you can imagine it was much more today. I have officially gone through all the tubes he donated to Papa Didos. Thankfully I was able to get the tires fixed and running in a relatively short ammount of time.

I started up again. Base line pumping and hip hop running through my veins...