vole stare toad race… 96 hour update that isnt the barn you smell… . it is you! . day 5 dawns with two runners already home. 44 miles back up the course addison hendricks has put in a big night to become the third runner this year to start up monteagle mountain. behind him iain jones, chris varnadoe, anders noren, and kevin stockton hobble and limp in pursuit nursing various injuries. because everyone is hurt Read more…
vole stare toad race… 84 hour update the old king’s reign is down to hours long live the new king! . after 3 and a half days on the road the great vole state toad race is almost ready to crown a new king. ken zemach came from nevada to try his hand on the tennessee hills… . and he is good at this. . 18 miles from the finish at check-in he has opened Read more…
4 hours after check in start of day 4. . Ken just about to start up monteagle mountain with a 15 mile lead.
vole stare toad race 72 hour update sunday bloody sunday . while we slept the vol state field was savaged. the early morning check-in only shows 15 drops the real number is greater. as defeated runners are not taken down until they get in a car. . all along the course runners are waiting for the meat wagon. many others are still moving but their race is hanging on by a thread…. . and there Read more…
vol stare toad race 60 hour update how long has it been since i got on that ferry? . two and a half days is a lifetime. all that extraneous stuff in your previous life has melted away. the worries of 3 days ago seem frivolous. what really counts? something to drink. something to eat. a patch of shade… . movement. moving is everything. every minute spent not moving is another minute your feet will Read more…
maybe it is just me. but i dont think any lost gear should ever be returned. if you cant keep track of your stuff when you have to carry everything you own with you then you dont deserve to have it! hots was a never ending stream of… . "oh no, i seem to have lost my drivers license and all my credit cards when i emptied every item out of my pack onto a Read more…
please god, let it get hot again it is 0730 and the vol staters have been on the road for two days now. last night was hard. not amazing and wonderful hard. just hard. and we saw some more casualties. . the worst thing for your hopes of finishing seems to be a crew. crewed runners quit at twice the rate of those who are just. abandoned alongside the road. the next biggest killer; the Read more…
36 hour update: vol state they’re all gonna cry . once again the weather dealt the vol staters a big break… . unless they were trying to plan. rather than turning the heat up all afternoon a line of thunderstorms swept thru the field. for the runners that was a hot or miss. some runners got battered; gale force winds and rain in buckets. others got but only a few spattering drops. we got lucky Read more…