Vols2025
Top quotes from the stinky bridge checkpoint:
“At least I’m not dizzy and nauseous.” “A light pack is important, But for gods sake don’t cut weight by eliminating your water!”
Vols2025
vol state update: and they’re off (way off)
it was quite an inspiring sight to see the largest vol state starting field ever stream off the ferry and head for hickman. the first couple of miles was an adventure, as landslides in the old downtown forced a last minute re-route up the pig alley steps and arrival at the courthouse from the opposite direction as usual… . the race staff (and at least one drafted spectator) manned the turns to keep everyone headed Read more
Vols2025
vol state update: the night before the ferry
the theme of the day… . butterflies . 80 virgins are tossing and turning, sleepless in what might turn out to be the last bed they sleep in for days. 50 veterans are not resting any easier. but those who have made the journey to the rock are staring into the darkness facing known fears. . the newbies only know they are facing an immense challenge the reality is still shrouded by inexperience. . the Read more
HOTS 2025
240 hr update
HOTS UPDATE HOUR 240.we are smoldering like last night’s campfire..there are only 8 hotties still on course,and after the insanity of last night and this morningit is quiet here on the rock..there is plenty if time for these last survivors to make it home,but nothing is guaranteed.they face the same merciless hills as all who went before them..my laptop is like the race staff.running on the last dregs of batteryand badly in need of recharging….but Read more
HOTS 2025
216 hr update
HOTS UPDATE 216 HOURS the pace quickens.9 days are done,a day and a half remains.31 runners have stood on the rock35 are trying to get there!.this amounts to a finisher per hour….we hope!.there is a virtual train of runners on the home stretch between the clarion and the rock..at the back all but 8 runners have summited sewanee,and are headed onward..last night was a wild one,with a lot of runners going thru the crack at Read more
HOTS 2025
204 hr update
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 2025
192 hr update
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 2025
180 hr update
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