just think.one week from today we will be on those buses!already you will know what compass direction it is to the start.part of me hates that we wont get to exactly follow the course in reverse.but there are just 3 or 4 sections that buses cant do.(these are no problem Read more…
want to know how you know it is almost time?.i just sent the email asking who wants to eat the fabulous pre-race meal….and who wants the veterinarian meal..ok. they will both be good.but the real meal has had my mouth watering in anticipation for months!!.why am i posting this?because some Read more…
Seeing all the discussion about training, heat acclimation, etc; I will pass along some information about drops that might (or might not) be useful to the virgins coming to their first run of this nature..The single factor most effecting the finish rate at the Vol State is the temperature during Read more…
Just to point out that my chiggers were the result of an “innocent” mistake. Carl cut some branches to prevent them scraping a hole in our canopy tent. Somehow those branches ended up in the kindling pile, i wonder how? One night while i was cutting up kindling in the Read more…
just over 6 hours to go. everyone is in except diane, richard, and terrie. . feeling good about diane. all three of then were together at the blue bridge but she pulled away, and now we believe her to be on castle rock road. slowly and painfully approaching the gate Read more…
sorry for the spotty updates here down the stretch. we have been pretty busy up on the rock and the electronics operate on limited charge. only during the infrequent gaps long enough to come down off the rock can i make decent posts. . the 10th day has begun. for Read more…
and so we begin day 9. the staff is happy (in relative terms) having gotten a 2 hour nap after the last day 8 finisher. heading into the last 48 hours doesnt hurt either. us and the runners, we can smell the barn. . matt burke gets the award so Read more…
44 runners in 81 miles. and they are pretty much staggered one every two miles. i dont remember the vol state ever ending like this. . 44 runners to come in 60 hours. and we have a challenge ahead. . the challenge of having already been up more than 24 Read more…