i miss seeing the end-game strategy unfold…. from the podium placers all the way back to oprah! go get ‘em vol staters (especially dale and ben…the pride of short creek) laz Admin: Laz has been too busy to check the latest standings. Dale dropped in Linden / 84 hours.
It seems like we’ve been out here forever. 4 days is a long time to run. But we’ve only just had our first finisher! In the end, King Grant came solidly under the 4 day mark, with a 3:22:02:59, becoming the 5th fastest performer on this course. He said, somehow, Read more…
The fourth day began ominously here in Tennessee. Storms were pounding over the front half of the field. The middle and back of the pack were in a steam bath after showers last night. But, as the day wore on, the clouds stayed thick, blocking the sun. The volstate let Read more…
With a few exceptions, every volstater is having the following thoughts flow through their mind this morning…. “I need to make miles, I need to eat, I need to sleep, MY FEET HURT, OH GOD, THERE’S THE SUN AGAIN! THIS….IS…..MY LIFE.” Three days. At this point, the road feels like Read more…
out here in the great plains i eagerly await daylight so i can read the update without stopping. hang tough when times are hard vol staters you have more in you than you think. you came here to find it… you won’t find it on the meat wagon. laz
As the days roll by, and the sun beats down on the volstaters, patterns begin to emerge. Looking at the tracking sheet, we see each runner’s pattern. Do they move well in the daytime, or more at night? Do they stay with other runners in a pair or group, or Read more…
The second full day on the open road was not kind to our intrepid wanderers. Burned soles (and souls) are threatening to fill up a meat wagon bus to The Rock this morning. Blisters and Pain are the main culprits. Not blisters, actually, but BLISTERS. The volstate blister, left growing Read more…
The first rays of sun that hit you on day 2 at volstate are a right of passage. Not a single runner experiences it and thinks, “oh, thank goodness, finally the sun is back!” The actual reaction is generally to recoil violently, and search the horizon for any merciful promise Read more…