day 0 they rest in the lovely little town of rogersville tennessee tonight. 3 dozen seasoned road warriors. if rest is the right word for it. their bellies are full and they lie on soft beds. but their minds cannot help but turn to the morning. for in the morning they will walk into the mouth of the beast. they have proven their mettle in many campaigns but never one quite lie this. ahead of Read more…
vole stare toad race…. 240 hour update . as the clock ticked down toward the final minutes a lonely figure came down cheesegrater road to the gate. the steady clickety clickety that had accompanied the figure over the past nearly 10 days was changed; clickety tunk clickety tunk clickety tunk as she passed the gate it was obvious cheesegrater road had torn off the tip of one of those famous stiletto heels, resulting in a Read more…
vole stare toad race… 220 hour update . sorry for the parsity of updates over the last couple of days. with all the storms most of the electronics have been safely stored… . and we have been dealing with a stream of finishers. . and that is really what the vole stare is about now. no one is setting records, they are achieving personal goals that cannot be measured. . the long race ends with Read more…
vole stare toad race…. 192 hour update . no update happened last night. the battering by yesterday afternoon’s thunderstorm holocaust turned the finish into a disaster zone. and the staff was already an assortment of zombies. vol state is a grueling event, no matter what part you play. . we return after the blessing of a break in the stream of finishers with some sleep under our belts, to a race HQ that did not Read more…
vole stare toad race… 186 hour update the fullest week . sorry for the delay. the rain stopped so we have some power from carl’s generator but there is what passes for a stream of finishers coming in. and i have to stop to hear the stories. this week has been packed full of living. . this week. the vol staters that remain have been on the road for an entire week. it seems like Read more…
vole stare toad race…..hour 137 update 314 . the runners are taking sweet revenge on the staff this year. as of check-in this morning runners were distributed every 3-5 miles all the way from the finish back to culleoka. . here is how they are working the home stretch. (they think we dont know!) the tracker shows a runner entering the gate another runner is just turning up sand mountain… . the runner entering the Read more…
