This Running Life

I planned to pace a friend at Pinhoti 100 earlier this month. But an unseasonably warm November day wrought havoc on the course, and many racers, including y friend, missed cutoffs.  So I hung around and volunteered a bit and swept a couple of sections of the course.  Here are a few images.

Drop bags all nice and sorted. Waiting for runners. Pinhoti 100

Adam’s Gap Aid Station. Mile 55 Pinhoti 100

Too afraid to ask. Mile 55. Pinhoti 100 Adams Gap

Mile 80 Pinhoti 100. The quiet acceptance of the end of his race.

The moon hangs on

Dawn Breaks at Pinhoti 100

A course sweeper takes a selfie. film at 11

Dehydrated and out of it. Barely able to walk the .10 of a mile to the aid station where he’l be told his race is over. The 100 mile race is a cruel mistress

Early one fall morning along the Pinhoti. stunning