insane weather continues..at least they are not too hot.it did get warm instantly if the sun came out at all between rainstorms.but most of the 4th day was spent watching the sky turn darkand unleash torrential rainsbefore lightening up and dwindling to a mere sprinkle.and then doing it again!.luck played Read more
the three day window is closed.the check ins are coming slow this morning.for many in the long line of battered runners this is a time of reflection.the finish has receded from sight.the call of the rock is a faint echo,drowned out by the more immediate concerns ofblistered feetexhausted legshungerthirstand a Read more
dont even try to guess what’s coming next!.the morning heated up just like what the forecast said,dropping 4 more hopefulsbringing the number of fallen to 21,and leaving 115 of the original 136 to continue the long trek to the rock..it was looking like the afternoon would turn into a bloodbath,when Read more
scratch relying on the weather forecast.altho the vol staters left scattered along the road might have preferred to get the more thunderstorms they were promised….instead they saw the temperature barely dip below 80 (27c) justbefore dawn…..the heat index never got below 90..oprah relentlessly mowed down the trailing runners overnight.altho none Read more
there is a special relationship that has developed over the yearsbetween the vol state runnersand the people who live along the course..what began with spontaneous gifts;things like a bottle of wateror a cold peach,offered when people saw a vol stater traipsing down the roadcooking in the hot sun,changed when the Read more
the vole stare toad race after 24 hours:.the sky is off script..watching the weather radar tracking last night was almost comical.it would have been easy to think the whole thing was deliberate,as we watched a line of thunderstorms cross the miss’ippiand sweep down the vol state course,with the largest, purplest Read more
reality didnt come knocking,it kicked down the door..what a lovely ferry ride we had this morning.it was cool and misty.the breeze off the water was perfect;just short of jacket temperature…..and then the ferry landed…i had left early to scout,because we knew there were issues from road construction and landslides in Read more
there are a lot of nervous runners in union city tonight.tossing and turning in unfamiliar beds..but that is ok.at least they are in beds!.more than most of them will be able to say this time tomorrow night.for, in the morning, around 120 hopeful vol staters will run down the bank Read more