HOTS UPDATE 120 HOURS: 5 days in the water park is not as much fun as it sounds.there could not have been any more joyous group of people on earth to see the sun rise this morningthan what is left...
THE LAST ANNUAL HEART OF THE SOUTH ROAD RACE
Fig, North Carolina to Castle Rock, Georgia
347 Miles
The runners will assemble on Wednesday morning (Jun 15), 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 10.5 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 15 – June 24, 2023
HOTS 2023. It was a festive group of 82!
Tracking
Laz’s updates
120 hr update
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108 hr update
HOTS UPDATE 108 HOURS: when does the easy part begin?.what started out as the best weather of the entire event(overcast skies and mild temperatures)would take an ugly turn later in the...
HOTS UPDATE: an explanation of the cutoffs
on the tracker you see the cutoff represented by the total distance divided by 10.5.but the runners have a list of cutoffs that vary slightly,ranging from 1-3 miles short of the cutoffs done by...
96 hour update
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...
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...