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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 changes are inside..the journey changed them..we were made to struggle.we were made to face challengeswe were made to make great journeys..for 314 miles life was 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 mistake!

vole stare toad race9 day update.this is a different race today.over the days we have morphed from the competitive runners trying to winuntil we have today the last 14 runnersjust trying to reach the rock before the clock runs out..strategy is no less important.if the resources are less,the importance of maximizing them is at least equal..and managing your body over an event lasting 10 daysis a whole lot harder than managing it for three..we have Read more…

vole stare toad race 8.5 day update . the race is entering the final stages. only 26 runners are still on the course 62 have finished 26 have dropped along the way. everyone remaining is planning their final assault on the rock. . the staff is nearing the end. as much as the runners we are counting down hours and trying to marshal our dwindling resources to make it to the end.the tail end of Read more…

vole stare toad raceday 8 update (part 2).more mathbroke this update in half.the laptop is struggling,and remaining charge is unknown.i only hope there is enough left to finish the job this 12 hours.we will worry about the next update when the time comes..the math at base camp is not much better.it has been 100 hours since we came up here to man the finish line.during that time we have seen 7 rain events,including 3 major Read more…

vole stare toad race8 day update.everything can be stated in numbers.day 7.5 update did not happen.during that time period we were hit by rain events 6 and 7 since we came up here monday at 0200 for the first finisher.3 of those were full blown stormsand the day 7.5 storm was a doozy.incredibly the mortally wounded big tent still stands.but everything is wet.there was not enough of a dry place to get out the laptop Read more…

vole stare toad race 7 day update… . schuyler stuart found out what is over the next hill; “usually more hills” . yes, they have been living like stray dogs for a week now. some of them probably do not remember having things like a home and a job. . last night was a strange one. 90 degrees at midnight. as it was gradually approaching morning twilight the sky to the north was a fireworks Read more…