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Mar 23, 2024
9:59:08am

Spiff SequelTrilogyFan

Only 20 people have ever finished since it started in 1986.

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Spiff

Previous username: SpiffCoug
Bio page: Spiff
Joined: Sep 12, 2002
Last login: Jan 8, 2025
Total posts: 74,546 (6,717 FO)

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The first female to complete Barkleys Marathon came in 1 min before cut off 🤯

ordinary tri guy

3/23/24 6:48am

Huh. Everything about a marathon feels undesirable to me.

Courtimedes

3/23/24 7:06am

Barkley marathon is not a 26.2 run. It has a really interesting story. To have 5

Iron Coug

3/23/24 7:35am

There’s a documentary on YouTube. Pretty cool history.

ChiCityCoug

3/23/24 7:42am

Link

ChiCityCoug

3/23/24 7:49am

So, what’s interesting about it? I get that it’s hard and few can even finish it

Shawarma

3/23/24 11:21am

IIRC, it kind of started as a "hidden" ultra-marathon. That was rumored to exist and it was difficult to get registered

Spiff

3/23/24 11:23am

We need to start one in Barataria. Losing the path will get you eaten!

Shawarma

3/23/24 11:34am

That’s a lot of finishers this year. Awesome for her to make history!

ChiCityCoug

3/23/24 7:25am

Yea 5 finishers this year means people are going to be abused next year.

ordinary tri guy

3/23/24 7:48am

Only 20 people have ever finished since it started in 1986.

Spiff

3/23/24 9:59am

Either the runners are getting better or the course is getting easier.

ChiCityCoug

3/23/24 10:18am

Probably more of the former.

Spiff

3/23/24 10:39am

Since being purchased they have pushed qualifying differently which gets more

ordinary tri guy

3/23/24 11:09am

It's still a limited number of participants, isn't it?

Spiff

3/23/24 11:16am

Yes but now you have to have finished another ultra, among other things

ordinary tri guy

3/23/24 11:32am

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