vole stare toad racerandom update.addison crawled up on some riprap under the interstate overpass and took a nap.revitalized he was sighted charging toward the blue bridge,using two trekking pole technique….polepolestepstep.repeat..he is hitting speeds of over 1 mile an hour.i hope he doesnt fly off a curve when he gets on no hope road!
vole stare toad racerandom update.addison is lost 11 miles from the finish.he cannot find no hope roadeven when it is pointed out to him.he may not even finish.
vole stare toad race5 days update.well, the womens race ended much like the mens…after abby mccarthy had taken the lead two days agoand appeared to have the race in hand at 300 miles….she collapsed after crossing the blue bridge.she lay there on the ground until the next runners caught up to her.the next runners being the flori!.that brought her to her feetand she ran with them a short whileand then watched them pull away,taking the Read more
vole stare toad race4.5 day update.yes, it is late.at 4.5 days we were up on the rock taking the time of third place peter strickland..and i will have to hurry this along,as we had 3 runners pick up trackers within 15 minutes.that probably means more runnersfor whom after 4 and a half daysthey have to race the final 14 miles!.what a painful way to close out such a difficult journey.what a glorious way to finish Read more
vol stare toad race4 day update part 2.i need to hustle up to the rock.john is within 5 miles of the finish!(moving approximately 1 mph up sand mt).peter strickland has staged a comebackand actually passed steve troxel!.they are both on the climb up monteagle mt.(probably wont finish until after midnight).abby has opened up a 6 mile lead on Ariela Floryabby in manchester and ariela way back at busy cornerjust past whispering oaks..but we have seen Read more
vol stare toad race 4 days update part 1 . i told you it was going to be a wild night and i told you timing on sleep breaks would be important if not decisive… . at the time of the last check in john had a 6 mile lead. and he was starting a short sleep break. that short sleep break was all johan needed to cut that 6 mile lead down to 10 Read more
vol stare toad race4 days update part 1.i told you it was going to be a wild nightand i told you timing on sleep breaks would be importantif not decisive….at the time of the last check in john had a 6 mile lead.and he was starting a short sleep break.that short sleep break was all johan neededto cut that 6 mile lead down to 10 minutes….for the next 16 miles john fought like a wild Read more
vol stare toad race 3 and a half day update . the competitive race has suddenly become very exciting… . ok, not suddenly. nothing happens suddenly in the vol state. . during the blistering hot afternoon johan steene made up more ground and we go into the night with john wright past tracy city at 284 and heading for the mountain mart at the top of that horrible descent into the sequatchie valley at jasper. Read more