Nice.  That's going to be a beautiful race.  30 hours is too hard of a cutoff on that course for slow pokes like me though.

I liked this: "We will not have one awards ceremony; it will instead be a continuous finisherʼs celebration until the last runner is taken care of. When you are ready, we will announce your name and have you come up to the stage to receive your finisherʼs medal, belt buckle and jacket and take your photo for accomplishing something that most canʼt even imagine."

Wait. You have until when? Here's hoping you are getting well and fast.

No need to get fast. Just obstinate.

As of now, 116 of 200 slots filled in under 4 hours. Half full at 3 hours.

But, But ... Trent is in that state ... I try and avoid TN ... all my memories of TN are full of pain and suffering.  When I was young, my Dad made us go to the Grand Ole Opry - Minim Pearl, Chet Atkin, Roy Clark ,Oakridge Boys ... its like being forced to watch "Hee Haw" live.  The horror of it  to an 8 year old boy.

Well, if I ever decide that I'm crazy enough to try a 100 miler, I now have one more to put on my short list.  I LOVE that part of the country (probably thanks to a few trips to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as a kid).

Like riding the Wabash Cannonball for 3 hours straight on a slow night at Opryland - Never had to get off ... Fun, but boy or boy was I sore.

Hey TB, I can think of more painful things you have done in TN.

Trent - That will give you a month to recover before the Stage Race. You should do it. It's like three days of the monkey but trails. Everyone is racing the next day so they hang out and socialize. Plus they have free craft brew each night.