HOTS update…. 168 hours (2) . this is the time to start taking a different look at the 50 (or so) runners still on the course. for the runners also it is time to start taking a serious look at the challenge in front of them. starting at the back: odie hestnes and john price behind the buzzard. only at niota at check in still a long way from dayton mountain. . they just got Read more
HOTS update…. 168 hours . in just a little while we will pass the one week mark. it was a wild night up here on the rock. we actually had an hour or so when the rain stopped took the opportunity to get my car unstuck (carl) and back to the campsite. . it was a must have since a lot of the race supplies are in it. 4 more runners came in (all in Read more
HOTS update…. 156 hours . has it only been a week? . so, as we head into the last night of the first week we had a memorable day. . rain, rain, and then more rain. 5 more runners finished, but (unbelievably) no one dropped. . i know we have some in serious difficulty besides the battering of having run a minimum of 215 miles this endless rain is about the most difficult conditions for Read more
10 days in june nasty night here on the rock. rained most of the night and the few trips driving in and out are turning the road thru the corn into a quagmire! as you have probably seen 4 runners have finished. apparently everyone behind them stopped in kimball and waited on daybreak… i cant blame them! it was cold and windy just to make the 95% humidity more joyous. i am grateful that the Read more
very brief, i have to get back to the rock to catch john clarke’s third place finish. gathering my gear for what could turn into a verrrrrry long stretch. off and on rain all day. some got hit with torrents others danced around it. it was a lot tougher between rains as the sun came out and billows of steam engulfed you (i know, i went out and did my miles today!) it was HOT! Read more
5 days under their belts. the last 24 hours in periodic thunderstorms. we lost mike delang and diane taylor overnight. 12 and 13. with bob’s finish yesterday afternoon that leaves 68 runners out on the road. john price is now tied with the grim reaper… not a good place to be, the reaper is undefeated so far this year. if he catches you, your days are numbered. the rain is a great ally to the Read more
bloodbath . lets be honest. day 5 has been a hard one for the runners so far. the last half of day 4 was an endless series of severe storms. the sun "came up" to more of the same. what makes it harder is that when the rain stops often as not the sun comes out and all that water hits the runners again on its way back to the sky… in the form of Read more
the rain came in during the night. it is currently light here at the finish line, but checking the radar our course running northeast is currently almost all getting rain. . some places are getting hammered! . there will be many funny stories to emerge from last night. what did not emerge was jun lin and timothy okeefe. when you are on the edge it does not take much to push you over. and it Read more