[Today’s run: 18 miles]
Today’s ramp-up to 18 miles went fairly well. We started off really early, 4:45 am. We ran for a long time.
The early start helped us handle the weather. It was humid, but we were done before 10:00 am and missed the real heat. Good for us!
We had more gatorade than usual today. During the run we left the group route and the string of rest stops to add on the necessary miles. And so we did our own little rest stop at a Shell station. I had carried along two $1 bills. So, we traded in those soggy notes for a cold bottle of blue gatorade. It was delicious.
I told the cashier, “Keep the change, I don’t want to carry it.” (about 15 cents… me, the big tipper)