Andrea Larson

Check out the action at the Fire Tower Feed Station in the following story from the Silent Sports Magazine Birkie Issue, 2021, by Andrea Larson: Fire Tower feed station chief, JB Ellis, oversees 35 volunteers on race day. Photo credit: Nancy Olson. Click on images to enlarge. Coal shovels, 10,000 cups, and surgical gloves may sound like an odd juxtaposition of items. But the Birkie Fire Tower food station race chief, JB Ellis, uses these items to equip the 35 volunteers he oversees every year.

In this March 28, 2020 photo, Andrea Larson poses for a selfie during isolation in her East Nashville, Tenn., home. Larson makes a comfortable living with her job as a sommelier at a popular Nashville restaurant, but she also has student loan debt, a car payment and credit card debt. That doesn't leave her with a lot left over at the end of the month, she said. Now she is out of work and staying at home to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus.

In this March 28, 2020 photo, Andrea Larson poses for a selfie during isolation in her East Nashville, Tenn., home. Larson makes a comfortable living with her job as a sommelier at a popular Nashville restaurant, but she also has student loan debt, a car payment and credit card debt. That doesn't leave her with a lot left over at the end of the month, she said. Now she is out of work and staying at home to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus.