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Take a Stupid Risk! It'll Be Fun!
Jan. 31st, 2024 09:28 amY'all wanna see me do something stupid?
Of course you do. :)
I'm going to run to Wawa tomorrow. And I mean that absolutely literally - I'm leaving my house around 7 tomorrow morning and running on my own two piddy-paws to the Wawa at Oakleaf Shopping Center, which is going to be about thirty-five miles from here. There's a midway Wawa stop in Middleburg where I can get a high-calorie smoothie and some solid, non-goo food. And ending up at another means I can get some more real food and I have a safe, out of the weather place to wait for Fox if he's late picking me up.
The actual distance is 31.8 miles, so I'll be circling a few subdivisions along the way to make sure I get the full thirty-five miles. It'll be an adventure, especially the first fifteen or so miles until I get to a sidewalk. That will entail running along SR21 which is ... not fun. It's both scary and boring. But if I hop across the drainage ditch, I can run along Camp Blanding's fence, where the ground should be firm, and I'm further away from cars.
I'll leave the house loaded up with Gu, stroopwaffels, water, and an emergency battery pack in case my phone does something dumb. Once I'm in Middleburg, it's more or less civilization all the way to the end, so I'll be passing vending machines, convenience stores, and a Publix or two. Fox has nothing scheduled with work, no patches to run, no upgrades to install, etc. so if I tap out, he can come get me in the truck. And the weather should be nice - partly cloudy, breezy, starts out in the 40s with a high in the 60s.
Originally I was going to head to Palatka, but there's exactly nothing but one convenience store on the way, and a bar if you want to count that. It can easily be done biking, but for running you'd want someone to meet you with supplies along the way.
Anyway. I'm going to get all my stuff together today and try to get to bed a little early tonight. I'd like to be done before dark, so I may leave out early and try to be on the road at sunup.
Of course you do. :)
I'm going to run to Wawa tomorrow. And I mean that absolutely literally - I'm leaving my house around 7 tomorrow morning and running on my own two piddy-paws to the Wawa at Oakleaf Shopping Center, which is going to be about thirty-five miles from here. There's a midway Wawa stop in Middleburg where I can get a high-calorie smoothie and some solid, non-goo food. And ending up at another means I can get some more real food and I have a safe, out of the weather place to wait for Fox if he's late picking me up.
The actual distance is 31.8 miles, so I'll be circling a few subdivisions along the way to make sure I get the full thirty-five miles. It'll be an adventure, especially the first fifteen or so miles until I get to a sidewalk. That will entail running along SR21 which is ... not fun. It's both scary and boring. But if I hop across the drainage ditch, I can run along Camp Blanding's fence, where the ground should be firm, and I'm further away from cars.
I'll leave the house loaded up with Gu, stroopwaffels, water, and an emergency battery pack in case my phone does something dumb. Once I'm in Middleburg, it's more or less civilization all the way to the end, so I'll be passing vending machines, convenience stores, and a Publix or two. Fox has nothing scheduled with work, no patches to run, no upgrades to install, etc. so if I tap out, he can come get me in the truck. And the weather should be nice - partly cloudy, breezy, starts out in the 40s with a high in the 60s.
Originally I was going to head to Palatka, but there's exactly nothing but one convenience store on the way, and a bar if you want to count that. It can easily be done biking, but for running you'd want someone to meet you with supplies along the way.
Anyway. I'm going to get all my stuff together today and try to get to bed a little early tonight. I'd like to be done before dark, so I may leave out early and try to be on the road at sunup.
