Tears of the BFC DNF

Tears of the BFC DNF

This post was too good not to share. The Barkley Fall Classic (BFC) is a 30+ mile race held in Frozen Head State Park annually, a slightly gentler version of the Barkley Marathons. But it is still largely off-trail, thru briars without GPS. Not made for comfort, but...
2020 Never Ended

2020 Never Ended

I just finished How to Human by Carlos Whittaker. While, not the point of the book, a thesis within it is that 2020 — and all that 2020 was — made so many of us forget how human. We forgot that it is a human instinct to help each other.  We forgot to put empathy...
Ew

Ew

If I were one of those athletes, I think I would have a hard time stomaching this. You know that some will have issues that they (rightly?) blame on infested waters, especially if it is a long distance swim.