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Mar 23, 2024
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ChiCityCoug
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Either the runners are getting better or the course is getting easier.
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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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