Barkley ultra 2024

[CleverNickname 1308]

17 humans had ever finished it since 1989. The final 20+ mile loop usually starts about 48 hours in, complete by hour 60. First out on final lap picks clockwise or ccw. They go alone, into the pre-dawn darkness. Alternating clockwise and ccw, so they can't just follow each other. First person out choose cw, so #2 was ccw, #3 cw, #4 ccw. Clockwise is considered mildly better.

Jared and Jasmin (who became the only woman to complete 4 loops minutes before) came in about the same time. They are both taking a rest, on the clock. So, next runner gets to go clockwise. Jared has finished multiple times before, one of the very few to have done so.

See at about min 3:

 

Final 3 mins of 60 hour race:

fwiw the 2012 documentary is free online.

 

[Native Horn 3498]

I've seen that documentary, and it is a great watch.  

[CleverNickname 1308]

https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a46888033/conquering-the-barkley-marathons/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68643341

this write up os the best:

https://ultrarunning.com/featured/barkley-2024-a-bit-traumatic-and-wonderful/

 

[UrbanAchiever 276]

Jasmin finishing Barkley is arguably the single greatest running accomplishment of the past decade. And that ultrarunning piece is fantastic.

[CleverNickname 1308]

https://www.irunfar.com/jasmin-paris-2024-barkley-marathons-interview