Before and including lunchtime
I say this because, unless others have something to blog about on this, I don’t think I can recall anything out of the ordinary, just the usual morning, eat, pack, pack van, go run. At lunchtime, Adrian said the Doc, Darham Rogers, had a plan for next year during Track and Field. So I , of course, wanted to find out what this “elaborate” plan was, but he wouldn’t share and now I’m anxious to find out what it is. I have to wait until track season to find out, and right now that seems a long ways away, but I’ll probably forget about it anyway.

Rain, rain, go away
There has been a lot of flooding lately in this area, between Champaign and Indianapolis that is. We got lucky enough to go down a road that ended up being flooded. So we had to find another route and actually ended up on the road we were originally supposed to be on. After that, we exited the great home state of Illinois and entered Indiana, which according to the state borderline sign is the boyhood home of Abraham Lincoln. We are going to be staying at Indianapolis.

Coincidence or just a sign?
We also saw the same guy twice. He was on a bike going down the road that was flooded, by the state border. Then by some freakish coincidence, we saw him again our new route, by the state border.

Weird signs
We went by some weird signs today, no different from any other day. There was one that had something like “Haunted Doll House” written on it. Another one said, “Do not pick up hitchhikers,” we saw the penitentiary, or as the sign said, “Correctional Facility” a little later. There were a lot of signs saying, “watch for ice on bridges” which Michael and I agreed were unnecessary and shouldn’t be put up when there isn’t very likely that there will be ice (ie. Summer).

Bikers
Two bikers rode alongside Jacob and Kiet while they were running. According to Jacob, they were on a journey as well, to Oregon. It’s kind of neat having someone join some of us on a run for a while.

Aaron Gurley’s cell
Aaron got his phone back at the hotel in Indianapolis. We had a contest to see how many text messages he missed. Kiet guessed 25, exactly the amount of missed messages.

Dinner adventure
Because of the time zone, we got to Indianapolis late, and didn’t get around to going out for dinner till around the time a lot places closed. At first, we decided to go to Popeyes’, but they closed early due to “safety.” Next, we tried Taco Bell, which was closed as well. Last, Adam recalled a 24-hour sign on a White Castle, just next to Taco Bell, and it was open.

White Castle
Jacob and Michael shared a Crave Crate, 30 burgers, and Chris and Aaron had the same as well. Adrian had 20 burgers and four fries. Adam and Kiet each got 10 burgers and one fries. Matt and I shared 10 burgers and 2 fries; we weren’t too hungry. Total that made 114 burgers, Matt’s dad had 4; it was an amazing sight. Chris, Aaron, Michael, and Jacob flew through the first like 7-8 burgers, then, they started slowing way down. The only people to finish was everyone but those who got the crave crates. Afterwards, we made castles with our empty boxes.

Never Ignore, Never Forget Come Back from White Castle
If getting to White Castle was hard, then coming back was terribly difficult. We had to turn around at least 3 times. We eventually got a hold of the Hotel, but we found the road before they could tell us the directions. Overall it took us probably 30 minutes. According to the other van, Doc was pissed.

Michael Gurley’s insanity
He is obsessed with Laura Shaninsky!

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