The mailman just picked up my postcard to The Lost Kitchen. Godspeed, little postcard!

Warning: BarkleyPo! Avert yer Eyeballs! We are getting regular updates along the lines of: A guy with awesome glasses has begun loop two at 9:45:04. #BM100 A guy with very daring shorts has finished loop one in 9:30:24. #BM100 Guy with red hat finished loop one in 10:27:41, almost an hour behind the previous loop one finisher. #BM100 ...Leaving everyone to guess and speculate. We don't even know the names of half the runners. Sounds like Jasmine Paris ("Small European Woman"?) is out on her second loop. "Nondescript Guy" might be Jared Campbell. It's all part of the fun. We love Keith. As you were.

The van was unexpectedly done in two hours. I thought it would be there two days at least. Fortunately dd21 was able to drive me to the auto shop before her next class.

I had the auto mechanic shuttle van drop me off on The Square and walked the rest of the way home. About a mile and a half. The weather is spectacular.

A couple runners have tapped out - Not Davy and The Second Runner. It's been over 8 hours, so we should be getting into the Interloopal stage. Where is everyone? @Slache someone tweeted that they saw a Japanese guy at the fire tower 👍

The runners in front should be about halfway through the first loop.

Good morning! I've had a little headache and scratchy throat building all night. At one point I dreamed that I realized it was because I forgot to have my afternoon coffee but lucky for me I was in a bookshop that served coffee. None of that was true, unfortunately. I am guessing it's allergy nonsense. I'm planning to bring the Van to the autoshop when ds19 gets back from class and see if they can do an alignment and check the tires and brakes and transmission. I expect that they will keep the van at least until Monday, so we are having to do some transportation acrobatics with one vehicle, 4 drivers, and 5 schedules. I haven't been able to find a ride home from the shop, so if their transportation service isn't available I will have to walk home. It's an easy 4-1/2 mile stroll - nothing like the colorful terrain of the Barkley - Rat Jaw, Big Hell, Danger Dave's Climbing Wall, The Bad Thing... Coffee!

The conch was blown at 4:17am EST, the race begins in 7 minutes. Happy Barkley Day! A guy named Keith has just become the most important person on X for the next 60ish hours, lol.

I have had to make and take so many phone calls already today. Svengo. I should see if I can find the wire cutters in the van.

I won't actually be checking at midnight. Hopefully I'll be asleep. But I'll check for updates during the night if I happen to wake up.

Nice! No conch. Sigh. Looks like another midnight vigil.

What the crap, Laz?!?! Still no conch. It's 11:20 eastern time. We've got until noon unless he's waiting until tomorrow? 😭

Warning: BarkleyPost! Avert yer Eyeballs! Taka has his X spreadsheet up (based on whatever info he can scrounge up i.e. mostly rumor). It looks like ❤️John Kelly❤️ is running again. Aurelien also (first finisher last last year). Karel is not. Jasmine is there! Doesn't she hold the record for women there? Tomo of Japan is also back. As you were.

Good morning! No conch yet. It's really cold out there, but should be warming up nicely. Of course, Frozen Head has it's own moody climate system. It was about 5:10 this morning when I got the joke about "Frozen Ed Furtaw". Ed Furtaw -> Frozen 'Ed -> Frozen Head Imma check The Lost Kitchen for postcard reservation instructions. 🌷Happy Spring!🌷 Coffee!

IKR? 🐈🐱🐈‍⬛ #kittykontent

It has to start tomorrow. Hopefully Laz will wait until the sun is up - it's gonna be freezing over night!

Good morning! It's The Queen's favorite day! No Barkley yet. I checked #bm100 at 4am when Little Pup woke me up to potty. Nothing but kitties. And photoshopped pics of Kate Middleton posing in front of the Yellow Gate. Today we have all the usual things plus the girls will have to leave choir early to get to a different troop's meeting and help with their OA election. I might try to get to a store. I need to find a postcard to send to The Lost Kitchen. Coffee!

Phoebe is a beauty!

No news on the Barkley. Just kitty pics.

We read Where'd You Go, Bernadette. I loved it. Some people didn't read it at all which is fine - we just have fun getting together. Next month's book is Jackie: Public, Private, Secret. We take turns hosting and choosing the book. Also, Ukulele happened which was super awesome. It is possible that we will incorporate some ukulele into our group get-togethers.

Good morning! Happy Saint Patrick's Day! 🍀 Ds19 and I went to early service. I unexpectedly won't have to pick up the girls because one of the family's that went on the trip offered to drive them home - they should be getting here any minute. I'm hosting The Ladies of Grief Book Club this afternoon and have a few holiday-themed treats to serve. Coffee!

No - they haven't started yet. You will probably not find anything on the internet. The First Rule of Barkley is you do not talk about Barkley, lol. At least not until it's started. Twitter/X @keithdunn and #bm100 are really the only reliable sources of information. Keith will let everyone know as soon as the Conch is blown. Kitty pic posting has increased dramatically due to the intense waiting! Most people are predicting Monday (between midnight and noon). Since there were 3 finishers last year, they are expecting extra shenanigans from Laz.

For your Saturday Evening entertainment: I was surprised to find the full documentary on YouTube. There will be a quiz.

You would enjoy the stress-managing kitty pic tweets. People are starting to wonder if it's not going to happen for a couple days. Svengo. I guess there's no real rule that it has to start on the weekend, but sheesh. In the meantime, I'm going to watch the youtube documentary that was made on the 2023 race - I believe there were 3 finishers! Including Karel the Belgian dentist, some other guy, and ❤️John Kelly❤️

The Barkley still has not started. Tap Tap Tap ...