HOTS update after 3 daysbeverly abbs is in trouble.she has passed clarkrangebut after 204 miles her back pain has taken a turn for the worseand she is considering dropping from the race..she is still 8 miles from the bounty of services at the interstate crossing before crossvillewhere she could get a room and try a serious rest breakand trying to reach that before making a final decision.but it does not look good right now..john clarke Read more…
HOTS Update 2 days 12 hoursnaresh was making his way down the road to russell springs in the morning of the third day.he was closing in on 115 miles and famished.meals on the open road happen when they happen.and he had not come across any place to eat since the previous afternoon.the magic phone is the journey runners friend.naresh had already located a mexican restaurant on the course ahead.not only that,, he had ascertained that Read more…
HOTS 48 hour updateit is bright and early as our road warriors begin their third day on the road….and everyone is hurt.this has become all too real.the thing about an adventure is that it feels neither romanticnor excitingwhen it is going on..it is dirty.sweatypainfuland hard!success no longer seems like a dreamit seems like an impossibility.yet still most of them continue the struggle..everyone is hurting.everyone is in their own private helllike sailors on leaky shipsthey can Read more…
HOTS 36 hour updatethe race has taken shape now.all day long john clarke pursued bev abbs across the hills and hollers of eastern kentucky.from liberty to philfrom phil to dunnvillefrom dunnville to russell springs.from russell springs to jamestown….thru pounding thunderstorms in the morningand under a blazing sun in the afternoon..bev pushed the pace relentlesslyand john hung on with the tenacity of a bulldog.bev took a short break in libertyjohn arrived just as she was leavingand Read more…
HOTS 24 hour update..remember waking up this morning?yawning, stretching,morning coffee.maybe read the news….imagine insteadwaking up sleeping in the grass behind a roadside signwith a fanny pack for your pillow.your breakfast in a plastic convenience store shopping bag beside you.wearing the same clothes that you ran and walked 60 miles in yesterday and last night(in 100 degree heat)..you clamber to your feet and limp on stiff legs down an incline to the shoulder of a busy Read more…
12 hour update. things get real fast in the heart of the south road race.after winding thru frankfort the field headed to lexington on the old frankfort-lexington pike.they were treated to lots of big shade trees,and miles of beautiful rock walls and horse farms.(along with a stream of giant dump trucks heading to and from a construction site on the road) from our standpoint waiting to take splits at the 20 mile mark, this was Read more…
to everyones surprise the bus ride ended in frankfort kentucky.everyone has their course maps and has surely been studying them,so they know which direction they will be heading from the start… or at least which direction they should be heading! not sure how the sleep is going tonight,the course drive was somewhat intimidating… and those were only the parts the buses were able to cover! the starting cigarette will be lit in the morning.