HOTS UPDATE: 204 HOURS: respect.sorry for the delayed report.we have been following the progress of incoming runnersand affording the finishers their moment atop the thrown..after 8 and a half days 19 had finishedand 45 were still on the road….since then we have had 4 more come in,and there is a veritable parade following them..back at the back derek murphy finally fell.and to my surprise kim drake also..kim atkins is now the closest to the reaper.she Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 192 HOURS i told you the worst was yet to come.we finally saw some night time finishes at the rock.the first one wasnt a confidence booster.from the rock we could watch kim’s light dance down the log road and disappear into the woods..giving her some time to climb the treacherous trailwe went to look off the rock and taunt her tiny figurewhen it appeared at the base of the cliff..we waited, and waited, Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 180 HOURS: more updates might not happen.it has begun.one at the finishone at the bryant marketone on hogjaw ridge….and another picks up a tracker and leaves the clarion..by the time we give the finisher their time on the thrownand get them back to the hotelthe one from the market is on the crackthe one from hogjaw ridge is approaching the bryant marketthe new one from the clarion is starting up hogjaw ridge.and another Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 168 HOURS: day 8 begins.this is how a day should begin:where am i?oh, yeah, the clarion.whats the weather?oh yes, rain. the default setting!is anyone on the way to the rock?one, still a couple of hours till we have to go.have they started checking in?not yet.where are our people?two of us in kimball, one in bell buckle,one in lewisburg.have the checkins started?only a couple. probably checked in before a sleep break.how many drops?a list Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 156 HOURS: running on fumes.with the leaders in,and on the approach to a week on the road,the race is entering a new phase….exhaustion..the runners are shambling shadows;footsore, sleep deprived, malnourished.they have to reach deeper and deeper to find the motivation to go on.for the ones still with triple digit distances to go,the finish seems more distant than when they first stepped off the bus..the staff has entered a new phase with the onset Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 144 HOURS: oh my god!.that was the first thing we heard from the two leaders.we couldnt see them for the tree cover…..after picking up their trackers at the clarionthe hotties face their biggest challenge of the race in the home stretch.they run to south pittsburgand cross the blue bridge.then they turn off to go climb over hog jaw ridgebefore finally climbing sand mountain to bryant alabama.then they run back down sand mountain…there,after 398 Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 132 HOURS: what goes up must come down… else how can it go up again?.if you ask me there are not enough stories like this right now.is it stupid and pointless to run 400 miles?surely….but oh, the things you get to see.the experiences you get to have!.do you run into a few a-holes?.of course….but more than thatyou get to see what most people are really like.if you want to renew your faith in Read more…
HOTS UPDATE 120 HOURS: 5 days in the water park is not as much fun as it sounds.there could not have been any more joyous group of people on earth to see the sun rise this morningthan what is left of the hotties.after the mayhem last night we expected to see a mass exodus of the surviving hotties….we only lost two more.i will give the survivors credit for this much;they are tough and determined!.78 battered Read more…