At the time of writing, runners still have about nineteen hours to complete the 160 kilometers. For each loop, participants have 12 hours to complete the lap otherwise, they are eliminated from the race.
Aurelien Sanchez of France, John Kelly of the U.S., and Karel Sabbe of Belgium. Among the seven runners still in the race is Jasmin Paris, the second woman ever to start the fourth loop at all.įor the past seven years, no one has crossed the finish line of the Barkley Marathons: five 32-kilometer loops – 160 kilometers in total – through inhospitable terrain and with a basically countless amount of elevation gain. For the first time since 2017, there was a finisher at the Barkleyin fact, there were three finishers in 2023. Do any of my runner friends know what The Barkley Course is Described as the race that eats its young Ive been on tenter hooks this afternoon. This year the participants are lucky with good conditions: it is cold, but sunny. This 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 more runners than ever in the race to cross the coveted finish line after 160 kilometers.Ĭompleting three loops, in which the seven runners thus succeeded, is known as completing the “Fun Run” and thus already constitutes a first goal in itself. CNN For the second time in the race’s history, a record three athletes have completed the grueling Barkley Marathons, an unusual and near-impossible competition held each year in Tennessee.
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