The 15 miles between Sayville and the town of Shirley was very hard on me. A combination of poor roads, 100 degree temp. had multiple muscle cramps forced me to stop often for breaks. During these breaks I drank prodigious amounts of water and took potassium tablets to reduce the intense pain of the cramps. I could no longer feel my calves. Even when I pinched my calve muscles, I felt nothing. The upper reaches of my legs, buttocks, and shoulders felt lanced through with pain. As I closed into Shirley, I had run out of water again. And near the outer limits of the town, a delivery truck passed very closely by such that I had to jerk away from the edge of the road. A piece of skin on my right hand was torn off by that abrupt move. I heard a small popping sound in my back, and my entire spine was suddenly arching in agony. It was so painful that I couldn't breath for a minute. But I kept on going.
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