Pushing limits

Well, all that Auburn spirit that I talked about last week rushed by me on Lee County Highway 72 yesterday. I missed the AORTA running club in the AM on Saturday (again) because I had to help out with a kids' activity at my church, so I ended up running my 18-miler later in the day. Though the AU game was mid-day, I still waited too long. So the busy highway that I anticipated to be fairly empty was teeming with post-football traffic. With no shoulder and a steady stream of vehicles at 60 miles per hour, it was kind of scary, but I survived. I think doing the good-ol'-boy-country-wave to each driver on the highway netralized any what-in-tarnation-are-you-doing-out-here attitude that might have otherwise been prevalent. People in the South are polite, but they do have their limits. Highway 72 is one where I won't push it next time.

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