the vole stare toad race after 24 hours:.the sky is off script..watching the weather radar tracking last night was almost comical.it would have been easy to think the whole thing was deliberate,as we watched a line of thunderstorms cross the miss’ippiand sweep down the vol state course,with the largest, purplest Read more
reality didnt come knocking,it kicked down the door..what a lovely ferry ride we had this morning.it was cool and misty.the breeze off the water was perfect;just short of jacket temperature…..and then the ferry landed…i had left early to scout,because we knew there were issues from road construction and landslides in Read more
there are a lot of nervous runners in union city tonight.tossing and turning in unfamiliar beds..but that is ok.at least they are in beds!.more than most of them will be able to say this time tomorrow night.for, in the morning, around 120 hopeful vol staters will run down the bank Read more
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