Thank you! The video was Travis Scott - Goosebumps, I went back and looked at the clip.

Thanks for the kind words. Part of the intention of the video was to show the status of the trail and they made the right decision to cancel the race.

Thanks Joe. The conditions after the storm passed were beautiful. We did not go into Damascus, which was hit harder. The tree crews locked us out from just 2-3 miles away from our cars and were not going to listen to us. I get that this is in poor taste to do, but after driving 10 hours and being stuck in a hotel with no power there was nothing left to do.

@@BouncingSoles I've ran the entire course a few times. In my humble opinion, you saw the best part of it. I was hoping for a PR this year. Oh well.

There was no part that I was in danger, if I was I would have turned around. You realize people were using the trail, I passed 10+ people on the trail that day doing the same thing we were doing, most of them runners. There was also a disconnect from information if the trail was even closed. From my last point I received information it was only Damascus that was mostly affected. That's where we turned around.

@@BouncingSoles you mean to tell me when you saw trees on trestles that you weren’t in danger?!? How did you know it was safe? Are you a structural engineer? In your video your buddy also slipped and fell on the leafs, what if he or you broke something then? Then you’d be taking resources away from the real issues. Danger may not have been 100% apparent but it lurked. What if a tree shifted with you under it while climbing through. The other people on the portions of the trail that were closed were wrong too. You just chose to post it where we could all see it. All I see here is selfishness.

No, they were the ones that told us there were workers ahead. We were on the trail before any workers had closed it, thus blocking us from returning to our cars/hotels. There was also no signs the trail was closed. Even at the trailhead it was still open when we got back, which you can see in the video.

@@BouncingSoles it was still closed. The fact that you had to climb over trees and stuff means it was compromised. There doesn’t need to be a sign for everyone to know it was closed and dangerous. And no, they didn’t tell you about the workers because they were in Abingdon and didn’t SEE the workers as they didn’t try to run on the closed trail. The beginning of your video shows the blockade at trestle 1. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@@allisonsmith3889why are you here? Only way to know if the trail is closed, is if there is signage. Not to mention Jason Green said they were going to be out there clearing the trail Friday, so there is a reasonable belief there wouldn’t be trees down. Just relax

@@travisandsarahault2895 I think Patrick knows how Jason feels about this. Be better.

@@allisonsmith3889 Next time, I'll just go home and cry when something doesn't go my way. It's a run; tons of people were on the trail that day, including locals. I am literally talking to a couple in the video.

It was brutal. I normally don't take my S-caps, but I ate all of them in the race (maybe 3 or 4). The streams were dry, actually 2 points I took water last year looked so gross I skipped over them. I should have mentioned that in the video. That should also be a caution to future runners.

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Thanks for the kind words! Those were the thoughts I had as I ran the race. Those epic views make you feel small, and your problems small. Its one of the beauties of being in nature and wide open spaces.

It's a 10K, so 6.2.

😁😁 all about who shows up. It's a kid focused race, but had to go for it. Isaac has been comfortable setting his own pace so I let it rip. Crazy humid that day too...

@@BouncingSoles, ohh yes, I definitely agree. Glad you could let it rip and take the W! I'm sure it was humid, this summer has been rough.

Clearly the cat won the race to the bush, he hits it a millisecond before the fox. Cat was fine, I did see him later running around.

O no, she was good. She did help me down 😅😅

I was the sacrificial lamb of OD100, hopefully saving many people from the same mistake. I'll never forget, it was like 15 of us that missed the turn that day. Hope you had a great race! I'll be back in a few years to get that silver buckle...

Well why didn't you just sign up like Kellen did after your run? 😆😆😆

😆😆 As long as I have been running here I grab that tree on the turn.