HOTs or The Last Annual Heart of the South, is a Laz race very similar to the Vol State 500k, except you don't know the course until the night before and it's longer. This year's race started in Fig North Carolina and had runners travel 347 miles back to the rock in Tennessee. Bob Hearn, who holds the course record at Vol State, gave this new race a try, and found himself in some interesting new territory both mentally and physically.

Jeff Stafford also ran HOTs this year, so this episode features not only the winner, but the 7th place finisher as well.

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