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...
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
240 hr update
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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...
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...
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...
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...
168 hr update
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...
156 hr update
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...
144 hr update
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...
132 hr update
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...