HOTS UPDATE: 96 HOURS: this is monday… right?.four days they have been on the road.four days of winnowing has reduced the number from 109 to 90..bleary eyed, sore footed,limping and shufflingthey...
THE LAST ANNUAL HEART OF THE SOUTH ROAD RACE
Gaffney, SC to Castle Rock, GA
332 Miles
The runners will assemble on Wednesday morning (Jun 16), park their vehicles in a hayfield atop Sand Mountain in North Georgia, and board tour buses. The only thing they will know about their destination is that it will be between 300 and 350 miles away. Once they arrive, they will be able to access maps of the course they will take to get them back to their vehicles. After an overnight stay in a hotel, the field will be bused to the start the following morning. From there, with only the supplies they can carry or obtain along the way, they have 10 days to get back.
Twice daily tracking will be maintained, and runners wishing to drop will be transported back to their vehicles. Finishers will be shuttled with their vehicles to motels near the finish for a safe sleep before getting behind the wheel. There is no greater freedom than being totally alone on the open road, relying only on your wits, your skill, and your physical ability to cover ground in order to reach the finish line.
Come experience it for yourself.
June 17 – June 27, 2021
The race is underway. It was a festive group of 76.
Tracking
Laz’s updates
96 hour update
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84 hour update
HOTS UPDATE 84 HOURS: three and a half days out here, and you can give your therapist advice.the team of zemach and wheatley have taken control(for the time being)265 miles out, they have passed...
72 hour update
HOTS UPDATE 72 HOURS: the tools we have today! . the sun rose on a bedraggled field of hotties. but for the first time since the race began it was not raining on anyone! . the tattered remnants of...
HOTS UPDATE 60 HOURS: the long, wet line goes on
HOTS UPDATE 60 HOURS: the long, wet line goes on.during the third day the eye of the weather pattern that has defined hots 2025 continued to move east,finally the heavy rains coming from the south...
48 hr update
HOTS UPDATE 48 HOURS every day is easier than the day before!.the sun came up with james turner still holding a lead!not only that,he was at 131 milesand fast approaching the state line between...
36 hr update
HOTS UPDATE 36 hours is a day and a half!.as the sun approached the horizon on day twothe leaders were emerging from the vortex of rain.finally they had run all the way across the circling band of...
24 hr update
HOTS 24 HOUR UPDATE more fun than any human has ever had.as favorable as the weather was yesterday,last night made up for it.a lovely weather pattern settled on the hotsers….the inland hurricane...
there is a reason we have not posted the course on the internet.
local people who find out about the race by meeting the runners or by word of mouth, and perform acts of kindness giving the runners food or water, putting a cooler out by the road with treats in...
HOTS UPDATE: 12 hours in the fun is getting intense!
sorry for another late update, but we went down to the ferry to watch the drama as closing time neared. we just missed seeing the ferry leave with crystal wheatley and kate sidoli as two women led...