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Vol State Finale!

Posted: July 16, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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Westbrook has FINISHED! As he originally hoped for, but thought he would not make it, Richard beat his time from last year finishing a day earlier. Getting older and running faster. Last year his time was 6 days 4 hours 56 minutes 16 seconds and this year it was 5 days 23 hours 49 minutes 59 seconds. Way to go, Richard!

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Not only the faster time, Westbrook moved up in position and finished in a place of 8th in a division of 37 (one more dropped out at the end of day 6). Now he just has to get himself home where he will eat a whole bunch of eggs and rest. An article about the race from Richard coming soon.

Vol State update beginning of Day 6

Posted: July 15, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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If all goes as planned, this should be the next to last update. Richard did run through the rain as other runners stopped. He currently holds 12th place of 38 in the unsupported division. Having covered 249 miles he was approaching Manchester as of this check-in. Yayyy, only 65 miles left!

Vol State update end of Day 5

Posted: July 14, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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At the end of day 5 Richard has moved into 12th place in his division at a total of 220 miles which places him past Lewisburg. There remains 38 “screwed” runners. As mentioned before in a previous update, due to high heat temps, Westbrook is running at night to remain cooler.

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Earlier this evening, the weather around Lewisburg and most of Tennessee looked pretty bad, in the red of a storm. Fortunately, now it appears to have lightened up and just consist of lighter rain all over. He will run from Lewisburg to Shelbyville, then Manchester, and on down to Georgia. If he is not drenched tonight, maybe he will run right out of the bad weather. Who knows, maybe all the rain will cool things off for everyone.

Vol State update end of Day 4

Posted: July 13, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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PAST THE HALFWAY POINT, Richard has completed 175 miles and is approaching Columbia as of his day 4 nightly check-in. One more runner in Richard’s unsupported division dropped out today. He has moved up in his division to currently hold 10th place out of 43 runners.  Stay with us for more updates!

Vol State update beginning of Day 4

Posted: July 13, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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Having run just past Hohenwald at 146 miles, Richard is almost halfway! At this point, the beginning of day 4, one more runner in the screwed division has dropped out. Now there are 44 runners still competing in Richard’s division. He is in 12th place along with 3 fellow runners. Go Team Westbrook!

Vol State at the beginning of Day 2

Posted: July 12, 2014 by smrtnsasy in Race Reports
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The last time the race coordinators see Richard running until the end, so they take a picture.

The last time the race coordinators see Richard running until the end, so they take a picture. 20 miles in at Union City, Tennessee.

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At the first check-in for day 2, Richard has covered 67 miles and is in Huntingdon. He holds the 15th position in the uncrewed division along with 5 other fellow runners. Richard called and reported to his wife, Jan, that he was taking it slow since he had a rather larger breakfast today…6 eggs, toast, 2 orange juices, and chocolate milk. How can he run after that?