HOTS

HOTS 3 and a half day update.dont blink.the situation at the hots can change in the blink of an eye….or at least every 12 hours..we have a new leader.bev abbs finally succumbed to her back issuesand a few hours later john clarke was our new leader..and just like that he Read more

HOTS random update.we are here in a motel just short of the halfway mark.we need to wait a while to get back on the roadas timing the movements of the cover crews can be a little tricky..i saw nicole at the motel breakfast.she looked amazingly fresh and strong.especially considering her Read more

HOTS update after 3 daysbeverly abbs is in trouble.she has passed clarkrangebut after 204 miles her back pain has taken a turn for the worseand she is considering dropping from the race..she is still 8 miles from the bounty of services at the interstate crossing before crossvillewhere she could get Read more

HOTS Update 2 days 12 hoursnaresh was making his way down the road to russell springs in the morning of the third day.he was closing in on 115 miles and famished.meals on the open road happen when they happen.and he had not come across any place to eat since the Read more

HOTS 48 hour updateit is bright and early as our road warriors begin their third day on the road….and everyone is hurt.this has become all too real.the thing about an adventure is that it feels neither romanticnor excitingwhen it is going on..it is dirty.sweatypainfuland hard!success no longer seems like a Read more

HOTS 36 hour updatethe race has taken shape now.all day long john clarke pursued bev abbs across the hills and hollers of eastern kentucky.from liberty to philfrom phil to dunnvillefrom dunnville to russell springs.from russell springs to jamestown….thru pounding thunderstorms in the morningand under a blazing sun in the afternoon..bev Read more

HOTS 24 hour update..remember waking up this morning?yawning, stretching,morning coffee.maybe read the news….imagine insteadwaking up sleeping in the grass behind a roadside signwith a fanny pack for your pillow.your breakfast in a plastic convenience store shopping bag beside you.wearing the same clothes that you ran and walked 60 miles in Read more

12 hour update. things get real fast in the heart of the south road race.after winding thru frankfort the field headed to lexington on the old frankfort-lexington pike.they were treated to lots of big shade trees,and miles of beautiful rock walls and horse farms.(along with a stream of giant dump Read more