vol state 24 hour update quiet desperation you can’t quite say the sun has risen on the most crucial day of the vol state. there is light, but a layer of fog envelops a world where dew point and ambient temperature have switched their normal places. the runners’ world seems Read more…
vol state 12-hour update . digging holes . the fascinating thing about a race like the vol state is that no two years are the same. one of the defining features of 2023 may turn out to be the 81 virgins who have been thrown into battle. green troops need Read more…
it is the night before the night before and i do not know who is better off. virgins or veterans the virgins stand at the mouth of the beast. they peer into that yawning chasm and do not know what awaits them there. it has become suddenly so imminent. many Read more…
i know i am the mean guy; but we want to discourage advertising where the angel stops are… . they are supposed to be a surprise! . i know the old timers know where the longstanding ones are, and some have become a part of the fabric of the race. Read more…
113 journeysvole stare toad racepostscript.the roads are open.the rock is empty.the katydid chorus is singing to no one..the 113 who took the ferry have returned to their livesbut there is something different about them….it is not the fading sunburnnor the healing blistersnot even the improving limp..nothe changes are not physical.the Read more…
vole stare toad race9 days 21 hours update.home is the runnerhome from the hilland the race staff is going to sleep..everyone is safely off the road!
vole stare toad race10 hours to go update(230 hours).3 finishers and one drop since the last update.the 9 remaining runners were all ahead of oprah at the 12 hour mark.and just now the last one left kimball.it looks good for the final nine.they only must persevere…..and not make some terrible Read more…