4/20/2011

I knew today’s distance was going to be relatively easy so I didn’t put too much into my run. I didn’t feel like soaking three layers of clothing with sweat. We thought it was springtime but the cold tells me otherwise. Is this tornado season? Apparently this year we are having more tornadoes than usual. It’s happening all across my route. I feel like a storm chaser as I keep running towards the storms instead of away. They even say there are hailstorms with golfball size hail. Getting hit on the head by one of those things could kill me. Or at least it would leave a huge welt. When I turned on the weather report they showed houses in St. Louis being splintered by the storm. Entire homes ripped to shreds. I should watch less weather channel. It’s not very encouraging.

On the road...

4/19/2011

I thought I had made my peace with the truckers a while back. Well, I don’t think the guy I encountered today knew about the agreement. I don’t think I’ve really had a near death experience on this entire trip. Today things changed. Despite my precautionary efforts of running facing traffic, I still came close to getting run down. The narrow stretch of country road was fine and most people were super nice and aware. Unfortunately, a dump truck in a hurry wanted to overtake a car in the lane my back faced. He honked his horn seconds before whipping past me. This was around mile sixteen which was close to the little town of Davenport OK. It was time to calm my nerves and chill out.

I headed into a great little joint called the Early Bird Cafe...