bkeeler.bsky.social
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Thank you for adding the backstory. As a local who knows little of the ultra marathon community I knew there was more to it.
March 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I left with more questions than answers. Pain? Cramp? He was getting legs massaged. Emotional? They were speaking French, which I don’t speak. I have great respect for his race. Pictures of him starting 3rd leg looked a lot different.
March 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
While I am flattered, as the photographer, I fear that there is far more to this than is apparent.
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Winds are starting to pick up here, and we have a high wind advisory today. Living near the park, it’s not uncommon to hear huge trees blow over. I can hear the wind up the mountain starting to think about roaring a little.
March 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The road at sunrise is more dangerous than being lost in the woods. People get killed every year on that highway. That might change as the wind is picking up a bit this morning, and we have high wind warnings today.
March 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I asked someone if they saw the runner on 62 this morning.
March 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I asked someone if they saw the runner on their way to work.
March 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
They done usually come this far out.
March 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Even local with ATVs get lost and never come back around here. I once had to pull out the gps 1/2 from my house during the day so I could get home.
March 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Looks like a good night for running. Not too cold, not too wet, not too windy. Are we going to have some finishers this year?
March 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
10 or 15 miles north two people lost their lives. Numerous houses, trailers etc were severely damaged or destroyed.
I live on the edge of the park, and there were trees down all over the place.
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wonder if the tornado that radar showed going through the middle of the park last month will be an issue?
March 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As a local, that explains the low slow flying expensive non-military helicopter flying around the southeastern edge of the park.
March 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Andy Ogles should be prosecuted for campaign finance violations. Some strange stuff regarding a loan “he gave his campaign” when his financial disclosures said he didn’t have that much money.

www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
House Ethics Committee should investigate Ogles campaign finances, agency recommends
Ogles did not cooperate with preliminary inquiries, which found he may have intentionally misrepresented the amount of money loaned to his campaign.
www.tennessean.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM