Originally Posted by
jordo
I lead Stringbean's crew on the PCT a few summers ago and have been in contact with him periodically throughout this summer while he's been on the AT. After reading through these threads, I wanted to share a couple pieces of info:
Stringbean started this project on Monday 8/17 at 6:31AM EST, which would require him to finish on Friday 9/1 at 5:08AM in order to best the Speedgoat by a minute (45d22h37m).
As of 11:27AM EST today 8/31, he said he was at Rainbow mountain, which is to say that he will be finishing sometime today. He's a man possessed and has been running nonstop since he started at 5:41AM yesterday (2074.7). Once that uncontrollable feeling of wanting to finish off a damn race takes hold, it's near impossible to shake.
He asked me to hijack his insta for that latest post yesterday. For today, he asked that I didn't share anymore updates on the insta to help avoid a Jurek-like situation in Baxter. There is a small group of family meeting him at the top to give eyewitness to this monumental effort. He'll break the official news when he summits or shortly thereafter.
I sure hope y'all have enjoyed "watching" this unfold as much as I have!!
-Jordo