We wanted all of the folks at home to share some of the fun and spirit (and mystery) of HOTS this year. So the map will be a little different… . The course will not be marked on the map. At first checkin in the morning you will see all of the runners clustered at the start on an otherwise ordinary map. You can guess how they are getting from there to the rock. . Read more…
there are 3 sections of the course that cars cannot do. if you decide to quit on one of those sections you will have to get back to an actual road first.
we will do an hour 0 post on the public map showing all the bread crumbs massed at the start! every 12 hours thereafter showing the breadcrumbs slowly spreading out on the road! . second: at the last supper everyone will line up to receive their map, promise not to reveal it, and indicate their number of biscuits for in the morning… . the store will be making extra biscuits to cover us! . for 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 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…