this morning is the real start of the hots.eyes are blearylegs stiffthe first rays of the sun seem to sear the flesh….the merry band that deboarded the buses is no more.the virgins are now...
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!
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Laz’s updates
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make hay while the sun shines…
make hay while the sun shines….and cover miles in the moonlight!.for most of the field there really was not much choice but to try and get all they could today… starting from zero the runner has...
and they are off!
way off.a little over 4 hours ago the forty one 400 milers were unceremoniously dumped from a tour bus on the side of a highway in south carolina..armed only with a map of a route they have never...
in 12 hours they will know.
for 12 months they have wondered..where will they sleep tonight?where will they be unceremoniously dumped beside the road tomorrow?.the heart of the south is about to begin..they know where it...
240 hr update
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...
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...