![]() ![]() Once a competitor has started a loop they are not allowed to receive any assistance until they have finished that loop. Runners must ascend and descend about 120,000 feet of elevation. That is a 12 hour cut off time per loop and there are five loops. You have 60 hours to complete the entire course. ![]() The race distance choices are a 97km ‘fun run’ or 160km for the full course. ![]() Here are 10 reasons why the Barkley Marathons is the most ballistic thing on earth (in a good way!). Only the truly tough ultrarunners would even consider it and even then they may not get in if their penmanship is not good enough! Held in Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, it’s quirky, it’s insane, and it’s just downright brilliant. This is an ultramarathon trail race like no other. It is a race you may have heard of from the documentary on Netflix, The Barkley Marathons – The Race That Eats Its Young. On the first week of April (around April Fool’s Day) every year a flock of 40 hardcore ultrarunners gather in the Appalachian mountains for the notorious fringe event known as The Barkley Marathons. Hopefully we will see a different story in 2018.If you are an avid ultrarunner, you will definitely have heard about this insane ultra in Tennessee, The Barkley Marathons. Collins did have all his pages, despite the unfortunate mishap, and the video of his finish collapse from exhaustion is devastating, posted on Canadian Running’s Facebook page.Īlthough every runner’s heart wants him to slip in with an official finish, the rules are brutal rules that every participant respects. The page requirement changes with each lap. Along the course, the participants ensure they followed the correct map by collecting pages along the way and presenting them at the finish line. Gary Collins would have been the first Canadian to finish the feat, until he made a wrong turn and missed the cutoff by 6 seconds, tapping the finish line gate from the wrong side. Imagine a race cutoff of 60 hours-don’t worry, we can’t either.īut at the elusive 100-mile Barkley Marathons, an insane ultra event comprising five 20-mile loops through a wooded park in Tennessee, this is the reality, along with 60,000 feet of elevation gain. Those who finish are few and far between-exactly 14 men have done so under the cutoff. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! ![]()
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