@jaredbeasley.bsky.social

Writer @nytimes.com, @theguardian.com, Columnist @ultrarunningmag.bsky.social |📍New York, NY | 📚 upcoming book on Lazarus Lake | | 📅 Fall 2025 | #lazbook

After 192 hours at #LAHOTS a number of runners can smell the barn (or rock, as the case may be). Six 400 mile runners have finished, as have four 350 milers. 40 runners have dropped (15/46 400 milers; 25/42 350 milers).

After 168 hours at #LAHOTS John Clarke is at 340 miles; Jeff Leuwerke (400 miles) is at 332. Three 400 mile runners have finished, as have two 350 milers. 39 runners have dropped (15/46 400 milers; 24/42 350 milers).

After 72 hours at #LAHOTS Philip Perkins has extended his lead at 202 miles; Crystal Wheatley remains second at 164 miles. Michael Carson continues to lead the 400 mile runners at mile 154. 29 runners have dropped (16/42 350 milers and 13/46 400 milers).

After 48 hours at #LAHOTS, Phillip Perkins is at 145 miles; Crystal Wheatley is at 144. Michael Carson leads the 400 milers at the 104 mile mark. 88 runners started; 22 have dropped.

HOTS this year has begun in Savannah. Runners were put on a bus and driven to a destination unknown to them. Now, they know. The job now is to run back to their cars. PC: Walter Handloser #HOTS

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The Craziest Race you most likely never heard of is about to begin. They know where it ends but not where it begins. "they know one thing. at 0730 (central time) tomorrow their cars will be parked in a hayfield 400 miles away... and they will have 11 days and 10 nights to reach them." - LAZ

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LAZARUS LAKE, 71, has stuck his cattle prod in the Pacific, finishing his third walk across America and his second Transcon. 💥 "hear me my friends my feet are sick and sad from where the sun now stands i will walk no more forever apologies to chief joseph" #lazcon COMPLETE

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THOSE wanting to walk with Laz as he finishes his walk across America: The Geezer is expected at 0700 at the Golden Gate Bridge. Be sure to give him space. He can bite. PC: Olle Berg #lazcon

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Geezer alert for San Francisco. 💥 Saturday is the Golden Gate Bridge. Laz has now walked over 4,000 miles on this trek. "my response time isn't what it was a thousand miles ago." #lazcon Final Leg, Day 57

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Laz has made Sacramento. 💥 "the last eruption of the santorini caldera actually blasted this statue head into low orbit... you learn stuff here." #lazcon Final Leg, Day 54

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"it is not an adventure if you know how it will come out." Laz gets lost but rebounds with a big mileage day. Barkley's yellow gate caught following him. 👀 #lazcon Final Leg, Day 53

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"the left foot is trash. the legs are shot. i am so wobbly on my feet that i have trouble not falling." Lazarus Lake, 71, on his third walk across America, has nine more days to San Francisco. This is Laz one morning in West Virginia... two years ago. 👇 #lazcon Final Leg, Day 52

"i remember when i was the master of my journey. but after all these miles i feel like an infant. all i have left is keeping my body alive and taping my dam feet so someone can set me out on the side of the road and tell me to go." #lazcon Final Leg, Day 49

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Laz is 13 days from San Francisco. He has connected 34 states with a continuous string of footsteps over three long walks. All this with: a collapsed stent in femoral artery. A stent in his carotid. A herniated disc. A fused neck. Graves' Disease. #lazcon Final Leg, Day 48

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LAST STATE 💥 "the national weather service has issued a lazcon warning for south tahoe california. residents are advised to seek shelter immediately!"

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