The Barkley Marathons might just have a historic ending. At the time of writing, as many as nine ultrarunners are running in their fourth of
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Just how brutal the Barkley Marathons is is shown by the first figures trickling in via X (formerly Twitter and always the best way to
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As the Barkley Marathons – arguably the toughest ultrarun in the world and the most followed anyway – got underway this morning, the Internet is
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It’s time: the infamous Barkley Marathons started this morning (5:17 a.m. local time, ed.). That means forty runners are venturing into a monster race that
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The Barkley Marathons is perhaps the most famous ultrarun in the world, while at the same time there is no other event around which there
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For the past seven years there were no finishers in the grueling and infamous Barkley Marathons and for the past 35 years only 15, but
Read MoreThis year’s Barkley Marathons looks set to be a very special edition: no fewer than seven runners have started the fourth of five loops, making
Read MoreIt is considered the most brutal ultrarun in the world, and that is not surprising; in the past 35 years there have only been 15
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It’s known to be one of the toughest ultra runs in the world, maybe even the toughest. The Barkley Marathons are famous and notorious, and
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With almost an entirely American field – international runners did not participate due to pandemic measures – last weekend’s Barkley Marathons had no finishers for
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