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Month: September 2020

HOTS 2020 Part 2 (DNF)

September 28, 2020 /

By the time we reached Somerville the sun had dipped completely behind the horizon. I was sick to my stomach from eating nothing but french fries and salt and drinking sugary drinks. I climbed the stairs to the city hall which was right on highway 64. I laid down flat on the concrete and took my pack off. I felt like barfing and I honestly wanted to because I knew I would feel better afterwards. But there was no such relief so I just laid there. I felt otherwise fine although we had been on our feet through the entire heat of the day.

Town Hall in Somerville, TN where I laid face down on the top of these steps
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HOTS 2020 Part 1 (DNF)

September 22, 2020 /

I’ve taken over a month to consider my experience with HOTS, Lazarus Lake’s latest 340 mile road race from West Memphis, Arkansas to Castle Rock, Georgia. I had registered for this event almost a full year earlier and my name had been called off the wait-list in December, shortly after finishing Tunnel Hill 100 when my spirits were running high and I felt invincible. For years I had been obsessed with the Last Annual Vol State Road Race and when that sold out and I was placed on the wait-list, I was at first disappointed until Laz revealed his plan to start a new race with a similar premise. When I was fortunate enough to enter, I was terribly apprehensive but simultaneously elated.

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