it is july in tennessee….it rained again last nightin the accelerating pattern of evaporation and rain.i dont know what the “air temperature” was this morning,but the humidity had reached the saturation point,and with the sun beating down the evaporating moisture was like a thin fog that filled the air..30 minutes Read more
dont be a fake angel!.i hate to have to post this….but:it is not 1980 any more,and every year the traffic on tennessee roads gets heavier.and every year we have people who drive vast distances because they want to somehow be a part of this..they drive up and down the road Read more
when the instructions say:.“go thru the gate marked:NO TRESPASSING” you know it’s a ‘last annual’ event.
and the 400 mile has its third different leader!during the night christine tokarz moved to the front.she has gone 310 milesand has less than 100 miles to go!.michael carson is 4 miles behind,with addison hendricks only a mile in back of him….this last 100 miles is going to be very Read more
emerged ready to strike back against the course..for the first time in a couple of dayseveryone still in the race was ahead of the grim reaper!heading into the 5th night…..in the morning they will complete their 5th day on the road.at this point the real world is a dim memory.their Read more
yesterday’s rain completely changed the atmosphere.two more perished during the nightbut for the 56 still on the course the weather this morning could not be better.the skies are cleartemperatures are in the low 70’s (low 20’s c)and there is a cool, light breeze….during the night we have had 4 fall Read more
because it has air conditioning….so the first runner made marta today,and successfully reached the other side of atlanta..when we were laying out the coursewe really wanted to start in savannah;but there were two problems.first it was too farsecond it would be a nightmare to get them across atlanta….one bit of Read more
the hardest thing to do at hotsis to know when to quit..extreme heat is nothing to play around with.but the nature of this game isthat it requires going on when the body is literally begging to quit..so when the heat is like it has been the last few dayswe dont Read more