Laz’s updates

HOTS UPDATE 168 HOURS: day 8 begins.this is how a day should begin:where am i?oh, yeah, the clarion.whats the weather?oh yes, rain. the default setting!is anyone on the way to the rock?one, still a...

HOTS UPDATE 156 HOURS: running on fumes.with the leaders in,and on the approach to a week on the road,the race is entering a new phase….exhaustion..the runners are shambling shadows;footsore, sleep...

HOTS UPDATE 144 HOURS: oh my god!.that was the first thing we heard from the two leaders.we couldnt see them for the tree cover…..after picking up their trackers at the clarionthe hotties face their...

HOTS UPDATE 132 HOURS: what goes up must come down… else how can it go up again?.if you ask me there are not enough stories like this right now.is it stupid and pointless to run 400...

HOTS UPDATE 120 HOURS: 5 days in the water park is not as much fun as it sounds.there could not have been any more joyous group of people on earth to see the sun rise this morningthan what is left...

HOTS UPDATE 108 HOURS: when does the easy part begin?.what started out as the best weather of the entire event(overcast skies and mild temperatures)would take an ugly turn later in the...

on the tracker you see the cutoff represented by the total distance divided by 10.5.but the runners have a list of cutoffs that vary slightly,ranging from 1-3 miles short of the cutoffs done by...

HOTS UPDATE: 96 HOURS: this is monday… right?.four days they have been on the road.four days of winnowing has reduced the number from 109 to 90..bleary eyed, sore footed,limping and shufflingthey...

HOTS UPDATE 84 HOURS: three and a half days out here, and you can give your therapist advice.the team of zemach and wheatley have taken control(for the time being)265 miles out, they have passed...