![]() Additionally, runners were required to get Covid-19 tests beforehand, among other safety protocols. There were few international competitors due to pandemic-related travel restrictions and, because of this, a smaller field of runners (usually 40 competitors line up) took on the beast. 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. This year’s Barkley Marathons looked slightly different from previous editions. Even if you are not an ultrarunner, you may have heard of the Barkley Marathons. The Barkley takes place in rural East Tennessee in Frozen Head State Park near Wartburg, Tennessee. ![]() Officially, the race consists of five loops totalling 100 miles. Two participants – three-time Barkley finisher Jared Campbell and Tor des Géants finisher Luke Nelson – completed three loops of the Barkley course in 40 hours for a Fun Run, but no one started a fourth loop. The Hardrock 100 is a 100-mile run across Colorado’s avalanche-prone San Juan mountains. In the first race in almost two years ( the 2020 race was cancelled because of the pandemic) there were no finishers at the ultra endurance event in Frozen Head State Park in Wartburg, Tennessee. ![]() The event is made up of 100 miles of running and. ( WATE) The 36th Barkley Marathons began Tuesday morning in Frozen Head State Park.
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