HOTS 2026

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

at last count we had 25 down,and 63 alive.30 of 41 original 400 milers are still going34 of the 48 who started the 350 have hung in there….it can be emotionally challenging to do meat wagon duty,because everyone you talk to is defeated,and you start to think maybe the race Read more

during the night we lost three more!.for the 70 survivors the real world has begun to fade from memory.life consists of the moving search for sustenance…..something to drinksomething to eata place to get out of the heat.and the need to keep moving.. a restaurant that closed early can be a Read more