First, let’s take a look back at the Appalachian Trail Speed Hike. While I was negotiating the nasty rocks in Pennsylvania, I came upon the Whereskarl RV to refuel.  I can’t remember exactly where in PA, but it was somewhere in the long green tunnel. Billy Simpson was feeding another thru-hiker with some trail magic.  His name was Brian Doble.  He was hanging with Billy, chowing down and talking about the AT.  Brian started at Springer Mountain down in Georgia, I figured he was heading to Kathadin and just got lucky to score some feed from us, (we gave away lots of trail magic to thru-hikers).  I mentioned to Billy how it would be nice to have poles for a while as my chest was very sore from a crash I had earlier ( I crashed on my sternum and was unable to run at that point).  Brian handed me his super [...]

Go to the page Me to Ga 2008 under my left ear to read a somewhat brief writeup of the AT Assault. I will now get back to regular programming. There are still lots of great races coming up: Masochist, JFK, Javelina….just to name a few. Stay tuned for odds and other rambling from me. I’ll also start doing some gear reviews for some interested folks looking for christmas gifts….only gear I use and feel is worthy. Caoi for now, now go run for me cuz’ I’m gonna rest for a while! Use coupon code 2JV-1-QJE3H for 15% off almost everything Backcountry.com sells! Christmas is coming…….and by all means pray for some freakin’ snow. It’s PowPow time!

NO, not the olympics, those speedsters run in circles, I’ll be running the “Long Green Tunnel”. Less than 2 days away. we’re packing up the rig and making final day preperations, hoping the weather will cooperate….at least for the start. And if it doesn’t, we’ll wait till it does……just for the record. Marit Fischer and Matt Hart will be showing up here in NH to throw their stuff in the blue box this evening, and we’ll head to Kathadin early tomorrow morning. Follow the SPOT Messenger atWHERESKARL.COM I’ll have it on the dashboard so everyone can follow my home on wheels. Matt Hart will be hiking/running with me all through Maine, scaring the bears away and keeping me awake. He won’t carry anything, except maybe the VIO Camera for the first 1/2 mile on the summit of Kathadin, cuz’ we have to make if official. No blue blazing for this [...]