As you might guess from our lack of updates, nothing too exciting happened these past few days, unless you really like corn fields. We saw a lot of corn. Here's a quick recap of the middle of the state:
Day 6
To answer the question that I'm sure is on everyone's mind: no, we did not tour the concrete factory. We all woke up late and decided that it would be better to start running by 10am, so we drove to our starting point for the day. By noon, we had reached the peak of the last mountain in our journey. Everything from that point forward was either flat or gently rolling.
I felt really good that afternoon, so I decided to run an extra 5 miles. We ended the day in Plainfield, and we spent the night at my friend Steve's apartment in Carlisle. Big thanks to Steve for letting us crash there on short notice.
Day 7
Day 7 took us through Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg. Jack said in the last post that we got lost, but here's what really happened:
Before Jack started running, I told him "when you get to Simpson Street in Mechanicsburg, turn right". Then as Tim and I were driving, we didn't see the sign for Simpson Street, so we didn't turn. Jack made the turn, and after running for awhile and not seeing the Jeep, he decided to find out where we were. The CVS and another local shop wouldn't let him use their phones, but a local pizza shop let him call us. Tim and I had been stopped on Main Street, about 3 blocks away, wondering if Jack had hurt himself and started walking.
After reuniting with Jack, we had lunch at Chili's and continued on to Harrisburg. While Tim was running through downtown Harrisburg, Jack and I were supposed to make a left to stay on the route. The intersection had 3 lefts, and we picked the wrong one, so we ended up on I-83. We made a big loop around the city and ended up meeting up with Tim just before he finished his 5 miles.
We ended the day just east of Middletown, and we drove to Tim's house for the night.
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