Well, laz finally hit his first wall of the race… He has slept nearly an hour past check-in time so I guess I’ll have to pick up the pieces and tell you all what happened last night…At the front of the race there wasn’t any shuffling, they all had a good night with John, Henry and Brian maintaining their relative positions… They look likely as the podium, but in what order?! A lot can happen Read more
HOTS 3 and a half day update.dont blink.the situation at the hots can change in the blink of an eye….or at least every 12 hours..we have a new leader.bev abbs finally succumbed to her back issuesand a few hours later john clarke was our new leader..and just like that he was cast in a new role.rather than chasing for all he was worth,now he has to try to keep his body patched togetherso that he Read more
HOTS random update.we are here in a motel just short of the halfway mark.we need to wait a while to get back on the roadas timing the movements of the cover crews can be a little tricky..i saw nicole at the motel breakfast.she looked amazingly fresh and strong.especially considering her desperate plight last night..she had gotten off course at the dam,and descended to the hatchery instead of crossing over the top.so, because of the horizontal Read more
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