We wanted all of the folks at home to share some of the fun and spirit (and mystery) of HOTS this year. So the map will be a little different… . The course will not be marked on the map. At first checkin in the morning you will see all Read more…
there are 3 sections of the course that cars cannot do. if you decide to quit on one of those sections you will have to get back to an actual road first.
we will do an hour 0 post on the public map showing all the bread crumbs massed at the start! every 12 hours thereafter showing the breadcrumbs slowly spreading out on the road! . second: at the last supper everyone will line up to receive their map, promise not to Read more…
HOTS for the angels….i am a little fuzzy right now.no, to be honest i am a lot fuzzy right now.two weeks of sleep deprivationand craziness has my eyes barely staying open.but before i take this long awaited uninterrupted sleepi wanted to pass something along for the people who stepped up Read more…
HOTS update; the final day.this is how it always ends.the winners went home long ago.most of the rest are in various stages of recuperation…..a handful of runners struggle on.this time there are 14 of them,strung out over 34 miles of road..everyone has passed chattanooga.the next finisher is still hours away.trudging Read more…
HOTS update 8 days 18 hours the camp is quiet now.most everyone here is asleepkeeping themselves charged enough for upcoming ferries of tired runners down to motels to recover.we cant let them drive themselves in their debilitated state. strung out all the way back to signal mountain,singly, in twos and Read more…
HOTS update 8 days hots 2022… redefining shitshow. the last 3 runners under 8 days put on quite a show coming up sand mountain. jason and scott made the turn and started up the mountain at 1 mile per hour… they were closing fast on chris,who was halfway up the Read more…
HOTS update 7 days 18 hours..things are pretty quiet up here on the rock.we havent had a finisher in 6 hours,which gave me time to go down to the motel for a little bitand get something to eat on the way back,.most everyone here is asleepwaiting on a group of Read more…