Good luck Marcy. My daughters college buddy Marcy is running the Barkley Marathons this weekend. The Barkley is considered one of the toughest 100 mile races in the world. It has 59,100 feet of climb (and 59,100 feet of descent), more than any other 100 mile race, more than the 33,000 ft. of climb at Hardrock, and more than the 45,000 ft. at Nolans 14. Since the race began in 1986, only 14 runners out of about 1000 have finished within the 60 hour cutoff. Mark Williams of the UK finished first in 1995 in 59:28. In 2001, after several failed attempts, Blake Wood, 42, NM, and David Horton, 50, VA, finished together in 58:21, only to be disqualified for inadvertently leaving the course to follow a parallel route for about 200 yards. This route (on the south side of the stream instead of the north side) has slightly better footing and had been the normal route until 2000. wbir/story/news/local/2014/03/28/barkley-marathons/7040191/
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:06:33 +0000
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