i am afraid there is not much time to post anything this morning. overnight the metronome just kept on keeping on… . he reached the three day check-in with a 7 mile lead on the OVERALL record pace. bob hearn has produced one of the most astonishing performances of all Read more…
this has been a crazy weather year at vol state. on the bright side, it has yet to settle into one of those multiple days long spells of ever intensifying heat and humidity that make every minute of the race like running shrouded in a hot, wet wool blanket. on Read more…
carl and i were talking about the vol state yesterday, and how it has provided a fascinating view of collective human potential. . it has not been that long ago that there was a huge gap between crewed and screwed runners in the vol state. the serious runs for time Read more…
sometimes the strategy is different than you expect. here is a strategy that works really well if you can execute it: just blow everyone’s doors off! . making passes thru the field all day we got to see the race taking shape. bob spent the morning building on the big Read more…
24 hours in, and time to take stock. . some quick observations: 1) the runners seem to have come thru the storm fine, none were made of sugar and melted in the rain. none had lost so much substance that the wind blew them away. thankfully, even with so much Read more…
sorry for the lateness of the update. the vol state hit the ground running, and there were things to take care of first. . what can you say about the first day? after all the anticipation, the best the runners can hope for is that nothing is decided on day Read more…
twas the night before vol state and all thru the motel not a runner was stirring… .except one sitting outside his room watching ‘america’s got talent’ on his phone. . what do you say the night before the race begins? what do you think if you are sitting on your Read more…
the journey really starts tomorrow, . i will be up before the sun, heading high into the north georgia mountains to a parking lot cut into a cornfield on a remote mountaintop. . there i will meet a hundred hopeful runners. a few are elite multi-day athletes but most are Read more…