I (Sam) woke up this morning, excited. Today would mark the begin of our 100 mile challenge–completing 100 miles in 48 hours. We planned to start at noon, so we were able to take the morning a little slow. I lounged in my tent for about an hour before getting out and heading over to Burger King. I ended up eating a pretty sizable meal: an impossible whopper, a chicken sandwich, and their new Italian chicken sandwich. The latter was decent, but honestly fell below expectations. I walked back to the camp spot to find James having taken down his tent. Tomer was going to arrive soon, so I took mine down as well. He eventually reached us, and began to conduct some interviews before we would eventually get going. We ended up starting 45 minutes late, so we left at 12:45pm. The road was decent, but the shoulder was getting small at times. This was especially worrisome as the night came, as it would be very difficult for cars to see us. Tomer filmed us periodically while there was still daylight while also conducting some interviews. At one point we were posted on on a corner with cars flying by, and it was interesting to see how much Tomer flinched relative to James and I. Just an observation of how much we became used to the traffic. Tomer eventually stopped tailing us and went to bed while James and I continued trudging through the night. Things became very difficult with about 72 miles left when we sat on the side of the road in a neighborhood. I was very tempted to go a few more miles and then attempt a colossal 70 mile day. James talked me out of this idea, which was certainly for the better. We more or less continued trudging through the night until we needed to use the restroom with about 3 miles left. We probably visited 3 different gas stations, all of which had no restrooms available to customers. This was incredibly frustrating, as we both really needed to use the restroom. Thankfully, we found a truck stop up ahead where we were able to relieve ourselves. Even then, after only being in the stall for 5 minutes, a security guard came in and proclaimed that there was a massive line waiting to use the restroom. After leaving, we found no one in the common area. This was pretty irritating. We continued walking and hoped to find a good spot to pitch our tents by the interstate. Up ahead we found an abandoned lot that was perfect for the “night.” The sun had already risen, but we were tired enough to fall asleep in the daylight. I pitched my tent, and both James and I slept in it for convenience sake.
12/1/22
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