As the days roll by, and the sun beats down on the volstaters, patterns begin to emerge. Looking at the tracking sheet, we see each runner’s pattern. Do they move well in the daytime, or more at night? Do they stay with other runners in a pair or group, or Read more…
The second full day on the open road was not kind to our intrepid wanderers. Burned soles (and souls) are threatening to fill up a meat wagon bus to The Rock this morning. Blisters and Pain are the main culprits. Not blisters, actually, but BLISTERS. The volstate blister, left growing Read more…
The first rays of sun that hit you on day 2 at volstate are a right of passage. Not a single runner experiences it and thinks, “oh, thank goodness, finally the sun is back!” The actual reaction is generally to recoil violently, and search the horizon for any merciful promise Read more…
All along the road last night, the runners marched alone, in couples, and in packs. The impact of the town aid stations was apparent again this morning. At 24 hours the count was 10 runners at the Farmers Market in Dresden 16 runners in the Fire Station in Gleason, and Read more…
First, 114 is the correct number of starters. The 115 reported earlier included someone accidentally counted twice. The big story of the day, aside from the record number of starters, is that the people of Northwest Tennessee are getting to really LOVE the volstate. I am a little worried that Read more…
115 volstaters answered the call from the landing in Dorena this morning at 0741. 113 of them even managed to get to The Ferry in time for the official start. The morning tractor trailer traffic between Hickman, KY and Union CIty, TN is not singing their praises right now….but the Read more…
It took us 10 hours and 15 minutes to drive the vol state course today. The screwed runners meet at the finish line, leave their cars, and we load into buses and vans for the long haul across the state to Union City and The Last Supper. We stop for Read more…
Isn’t it amazing, the crops and the creatures seem to “just know” when the time is right to start their next task. Things start slowly at first… The butterflies all migrate within days of each other….in a given area the cherry blossoms might all bloom on the same day! From Read more…