Been There, Dusted That Again: A Smoky Mountain Relay Story

Another year, another great, smoky race. This backblast, alas, will be heavy on the details and light on the memories…you’ll just have to run it next year to experience those cherished moments of nonsensical jokes, midnightmountain musings, vibration devices, sleep-deprived photobombing, and Olde English stickers. Race details 🛣️ 207.4 miles ↗️ 22,056 ft uphill ↘️ 22,501 ft downhill For more details, check out the SMR website. Team details 💨 Been There, Dusted That: Clockwork, Ramsay, Track Star, Theismann, Horseshoe, Prodigal, Mr. [Read More]

When are we going to start disturbing the peace?

So, Day 1 at A-Team was a nice intimate pax of 4 for the bootcamp, 3 for some ruck/walking. Day 2 was no such luxury. About 17 or so converged on the subfreezing temperatures in the very center of the Peak City. YHC fought a slow defroster to arrive with about 5 minutes before go-time. Feeble old eyes couldn’t make out the shovel flag, but the pax took joy in pointing out the HUGE flag at the fire station. [Read More]