vole stare toad race…. 240 hour update . as the clock ticked down toward the final minutes a lonely figure came down cheesegrater road to the gate. the steady clickety clickety that had accompanied the figure over the past nearly 10 days was changed; clickety tunk clickety tunk clickety tunk Read more…
vole stare toad race… 220 hour update . sorry for the parsity of updates over the last couple of days. with all the storms most of the electronics have been safely stored… . and we have been dealing with a stream of finishers. . and that is really what the Read more…
vole stare toad race…. 192 hour update . no update happened last night. the battering by yesterday afternoon’s thunderstorm holocaust turned the finish into a disaster zone. and the staff was already an assortment of zombies. vol state is a grueling event, no matter what part you play. . we Read more…
vole stare toad race… 186 hour update the fullest week . sorry for the delay. the rain stopped so we have some power from carl’s generator but there is what passes for a stream of finishers coming in. and i have to stop to hear the stories. this week has Read more…
vole stare toad race…..hour 137 update 314 . the runners are taking sweet revenge on the staff this year. as of check-in this morning runners were distributed every 3-5 miles all the way from the finish back to culleoka. . here is how they are working the home stretch. (they Read more…
vole stare toad race… 132 hour update. . not much time. we managed to find a few moments to come down off the mountain. but the next runner is already on the way to the rock, with many more following. evenly spaced runners extend all the way to columbia. . Read more…
vole stare toad race … 120 hour (halfway) update tell these people to spread out! . after a pretty near sleepless night on the rock it looks like a grim day today. one is in the corn, one on the climb and runners are spread every 3-5 miles from here Read more…
vole stare toad race… 108 hour update . may god have mercy on the voles . i went out at noon today and did 8 miles. this was the first time it actually hurt… . according to my weather station the "real feel" was 111. i am not doubting it. Read more…