barkley-marathons-2024

[matticus]

They're off!

https://run247.com/running-news/trail/barkley-marathons-2024-race-start

To get inspired, I watched this really lovely doc from last year, as Belgian Karel makes his 4th attempt at this absurd race:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-oEFaqUQEQ


( I wish I had a "butler" like his ;-) )

[I thought we already had a Barkley thread, but I coulndt find it, sorry ... ]

@Ming the Merciless

 

[Ming the Merciless]

@matticus This has popped up

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/22/jasmin-paris-completes-barkley-marathons-tennessee

 

[Cirrus]

Bonkers event, Jasmine Paris is an unbelievable athlete and well deserves her place in history.

 

[Jameshow]

I think the woods would destroy me as much as the terrain. Not being able to see the terrain for much of the route would drive me mad, imagine a lakes fell race but covered in trees 5x over!

 

[kingrollo]

@matticus This has popped up

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/22/jasmin-paris-completes-barkley-marathons-tennessee

Much respect an example to us all ....

 

[Beebo]

an extraordinary achievement. I love watching the Barkley documentaries, it’s just a bonkers event.
the people at the finish line were unsure if she’d make it. Then they heard the distant cheers from the crowd.
Here is her final sprint finish.

View: https://youtu.be/URNGiWWX4p8?si=d10gHkYmF7KMR4g5

 

[Cathryn]

Just found this thread! The whole Jasmin Paris story was PHENOMENAL!!!

 

[matticus]

an extraordinary achievement. I love watching the Barkley documentaries, it’s just a bonkers event.
the people at the finish line were unsure if she’d make it. Then they heard the distant cheers from the crowd.
Here is her final sprint finish.

View: https://youtu.be/URNGiWWX4p8?si=d10gHkYmF7KMR4g5

Just seen this, which may be even better.
If any online dictionary is looking for a definition of "exhaustion", the last 10secs are the answer:

View: https://twitter.com/HarveyLewisRuns/status/1772022783452549198?t=ZRIPhA_wzZV4vs5lNb61Uw&s=19