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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 19: Barkley Marathons – The Birth
Description: By Davy Crockett
Both a podcast episode and a full article
The famous prison and the start gate
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The Barkley Marathons, with its historic low finish rate (only 15 runners in 30 years), is perhaps the most difficult ultramarathon trail race in the world. It is held in and near Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, with a distance of more than 100 miles.
The Barkley is an event with a mysterious lore. It has no official website. It is a m...