24 hours to go.
after 9 days on the road
it has come down to this….
.
24 people have 24 hours to reach the rock.
with battered feet and bleary eyes they face one last dawn.
.
this final band of vol staters;
spread out from sand mountain to tracy city;
they trudge onward.
.
they have been winnowed down by the constant struggle to stay ahead of oprah.
only the toughest remain.
.
the ones starting the hardest 14 miles this morning are in excellent position to finish.
they have more than enough time.
the ones just coming out of tracy city have a long day ahead of them.
they cannot falter.
no more making up for lost time tomorrow.
the clock is relentless
and if you miss the cutoff…
.
even if you are in sight of the finish,
you will not be a finisher.
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game on.
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