when the instructions say:.“go thru the gate marked:NO TRESPASSING” you know it’s a ‘last annual’...
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.
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5 days are done….
and the 400 mile has its third different leader!during the night christine tokarz moved to the front.she has gone 310 milesand has less than 100 miles to go!.michael carson is 4 miles behind,with...
the hots runners who survived the heat wave
emerged ready to strike back against the course..for the first time in a couple of dayseveryone still in the race was ahead of the grim reaper!heading into the 5th night…..in the morning they will...
and so we find 4 days complete.
yesterday’s rain completely changed the atmosphere.two more perished during the nightbut for the 56 still on the course the weather this morning could not be better.the skies are...
why is marta cool?
because it has air conditioning….so the first runner made marta today,and successfully reached the other side of atlanta..when we were laying out the coursewe really wanted to start in savannah;but...
when is enough enough?
the hardest thing to do at hotsis to know when to quit..extreme heat is nothing to play around with.but the nature of this game isthat it requires going on when the body is literally begging to...
day 3 and the heat wave continues.
at last count we had 25 down,and 63 alive.30 of 41 original 400 milers are still going34 of the 48 who started the 350 have hung in there….it can be emotionally challenging to do meat wagon...
the third day is under way.
during the night we lost three more!.for the 70 survivors the real world has begun to fade from memory.life consists of the moving search for sustenance…..something to drinksomething to eata place...
the sun is setting on the second day…
73 of the 88 who got off the busare still on the road.today was a bloodbath.even tho the highest heat index i saw was only 109..recency bias is surely evident,and maybe timing bias is just as...