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It’s about 230 miles as the crow flies from Dorena Landing MO to The Rock… If we built a 10 mile tall tower here in Georgia, and the air was perfectly clear, and we had a telescope, we’d be able to see the start on the horizon. If you wanted to be able to see the finish from the start, that tower would be the last 10 miles of the route. This would add 10 Read more…

Here we are. Up on The Rock one last time. A half marathon on a Saturday evening. That’s what Richard Westbrook and Juliet Brundige have to do, to close out this year’s volstate. At some point for each volstater, the path forks. They either spiral downwards towards crashing and burning and calling the meat wagon…. Or their desire and effort creates enough momentum towards the rock that a finish becomes inevitable. The funny thing about Read more…

With 36 hours to go, things were looking pretty Rosy here at volstate. We hadn’t had a dropout in a couple days, and the remaining runners looked to be hurting but steady. I guess someone felt the field deserved a break from the carnage of the first 6 days… But that break ended last night. Just before dark, we got word of a tornado watch encompassing all the remaining portions of the course. Without the Read more…

Today saw a ton of finishers…. And we’ve got 10 between the blue bridge and the rock right now… With a severe thunderstorm and hail warning for the next 5 hours. Runners still in town are urged to check the weather and consider holing up til this system has passed. Runners on the route are urged to plan for shelter. If you need to knock on a door, take care of yourself! Runners on sand Read more…