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
at 0800 the heart of the south field got up from their repose on the steps of the old kentucky state capital building and headed off down the road.nobody was hurt….yet!will let you know how they stand at 20 miles later on.predictions are that everyone will be on course record Read more
to everyones surprise the bus ride ended in frankfort kentucky.everyone has their course maps and has surely been studying them,so they know which direction they will be heading from the start… or at least which direction they should be heading! not sure how the sleep is going tonight,the course drive Read more
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