No one is allowed to view the runners during the race, except at the Tower at the top of the climb known as Rat Jaw. Rat Jaw is a utility wire cut that takes electricity up over the mountain, and one of the worst climbs of the event. Mercifully this year, the cut was freshly mowed, and thus the briars were better than most years.
Getting to the Tower would entail a two hour hike with 2,000 feet of climb for any of us mere mortals, and I was at a hospital when I would have had to been climbing.
Thus, I only have video of the start of the event and a photo of Ron hiking in after 12 hours in the woods. I also have Ron being tapped out.
The 3:04 AM Start:
Ron Hiking Back into camp:
Taps is played for every runner not finishing the race:
Please remember, Ron's left 8th rib is broken at the finish. Then relax and realize that he is an animal and the rest of us are just mortal.
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