Day 549 – US – Wisconsin/ Illinois [Evansville to Beloit]

05/10/21

46km

  From Evansville (Wisconsin) to Beloit (Illinois)

North America

Crossing into Illinois and meeting with Lisa Bliss’ Mum in downtown Beloit

Grey and dry day on quiet, empty country roads

The air was dry and cool this morning – a relief following the days of high humidity and stickiness of the past week. I started running, very alert about my hip, waiting to see if I would feel the tension and clicking I had felt yesterday. Well… I will never know if I was right to suspect it was all down to the extraordinary high humidity, but all the symptoms have disappeared today. And nothing came up throughout the run either. I consider myself out of trouble!

Pat and Walt greeting me in Beloit!

I was running towards Beloit with a target in mind: to be at the Rock River bridge downtown by 1pm. In my 1st week of running across the US, I met the extraordinary Lisa Bliss on her bike out of Ellensburg WA (blogs 461 & 462). We have kept in touch since our meeting back in July – and today she had informed me that I would pass near her mum’s hometown. Pat was waiting for me, with Walt, at the bridge with a homemade sign (which I keep preciously). We sat down on a bench and chatted away, even Facetiming Lisa who’s stuck at home in WA. How nice it feels to have people caring & greeting me along the way, part of a network that was nonexistent in a not so distant past! After 45mn of chatting, I started to get cold – and still had about 4kms to run. I said my goodbyes and on the road I went again… Happy and feeling in familiar territory somehow!

I crossed into Illinois just a few meters from my hotel. I have not seen the “Welcome to Illinois” road sign – which I will try and snap tomorrow on my way to Rockford.

Enjoy the video of today’s run: https://www.relive.cc/view/vRO7VYn7xyv

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Here is the map of today’s run: