73 of the 88 who got off the busare still on the road.today was a bloodbath.even tho the highest heat index i saw was only 109..recency bias is surely evident,and maybe timing bias is just as significant.last night the runners hitting the 4 lane after sylvania thought it was the Read more
this morning is the real start of the hots.eyes are blearylegs stiffthe first rays of the sun seem to sear the flesh….the merry band that deboarded the buses is no more.the virgins are now veteransand the veterans remember the whole story….they know what is coming.and what has been so far Read more
make hay while the sun shines….and cover miles in the moonlight!.for most of the field there really was not much choice but to try and get all they could today… starting from zero the runner has little strategic choice.the cutoffs are stark.40 miles in the first 24 hours or the Read more
way off.a little over 4 hours ago the forty one 400 milers were unceremoniously dumped from a tour bus on the side of a highway in south carolina..armed only with a map of a route they have never seen,they have set off to return to their cars,parked in a hayfieldon Read more
for 12 months they have wondered..where will they sleep tonight?where will they be unceremoniously dumped beside the road tomorrow?.the heart of the south is about to begin..they know where it finishes.but not where it starts….missouri? kentucky? florida?louisiana? georgia? miss’ippi?west virginia? north carolina? south carolina?arkansas? alabama?.they know one thing.at 0730 (central Read more
HOTS UPDATE HOUR 240.we are smoldering like last night’s campfire..there are only 8 hotties still on course,and after the insanity of last night and this morningit is quiet here on the rock..there is plenty if time for these last survivors to make it home,but nothing is guaranteed.they face the same Read more
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