HOTS UPDATE 216 HOURS the pace quickens.9 days are done,a day and a half remains.31 runners have stood on the rock35 are trying to get there!.this amounts to a finisher per hour….we hope!.there is a virtual train of runners on the home stretch between the clarion and the rock..at the Read more
HOTS UPDATE: 204 HOURS: respect.sorry for the delayed report.we have been following the progress of incoming runnersand affording the finishers their moment atop the thrown..after 8 and a half days 19 had finishedand 45 were still on the road….since then we have had 4 more come in,and there is a Read more
HOTS UPDATE 192 HOURS i told you the worst was yet to come.we finally saw some night time finishes at the rock.the first one wasnt a confidence booster.from the rock we could watch kim’s light dance down the log road and disappear into the woods..giving her some time to climb Read more
HOTS UPDATE 180 HOURS: more updates might not happen.it has begun.one at the finishone at the bryant marketone on hogjaw ridge….and another picks up a tracker and leaves the clarion..by the time we give the finisher their time on the thrownand get them back to the hotelthe one from the Read more
HOTS UPDATE 168 HOURS: day 8 begins.this is how a day should begin:where am i?oh, yeah, the clarion.whats the weather?oh yes, rain. the default setting!is anyone on the way to the rock?one, still a couple of hours till we have to go.have they started checking in?not yet.where are our people?two Read more
HOTS UPDATE 156 HOURS: running on fumes.with the leaders in,and on the approach to a week on the road,the race is entering a new phase….exhaustion..the runners are shambling shadows;footsore, sleep deprived, malnourished.they have to reach deeper and deeper to find the motivation to go on.for the ones still with triple Read more
HOTS UPDATE 144 HOURS: oh my god!.that was the first thing we heard from the two leaders.we couldnt see them for the tree cover…..after picking up their trackers at the clarionthe hotties face their biggest challenge of the race in the home stretch.they run to south pittsburgand cross the blue Read more
HOTS UPDATE 132 HOURS: what goes up must come down… else how can it go up again?.if you ask me there are not enough stories like this right now.is it stupid and pointless to run 400 miles?surely….but oh, the things you get to see.the experiences you get to have!.do you Read more