Besides the distance, the elevation gain is 60,000 feet (18,000m). On paper it is clearly one of the most difficult ultramarathons given that it is much more than 100 miles (160 km), that’s why there is an “s”, it’s marathons, as in 4 of them. Since it’s hard to capture an understanding of something unless you see and experience it first hand, I decided to see the course myself to get an appreciation for why the Barkley Marathons are so hard. It’s inspired from the attempted prison escape by James Earl Ray The entry process is strange and secretive Commonly mentioned topics in these articles are: Reason being, there has been an excellent documentary on it, The Barkley Marathon: The Race That Eats Its Young, and many long form articles written about it, including one recently in Runner’s World.
Even if you are not an ultrarunner, you may have heard of the Barkley Marathons.
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