At the time of writing, runners still have about nineteen hours to complete the 160 kilometers. It’s time to refresh your Twitter feed, because the Barkley Marathons got underway on Tuesday morning. A short time later, John Kelly arrived at the finish in 58:42:23, becoming a two-time finisher and one of only three people to have finished the event more than once.

For each loop, participants have 12 hours to complete the lap otherwise, they are eliminated from the race. Heading out the door Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members Download the app. After 60 hours of brutal racing at the 2023 Barkley Marathons, Aurlien Sanchez of France finished in 58 hours, 23 minutes, and 12 seconds in his first finish of the infamous event. Among the seven runners still in the race is Jasmin Paris, the second woman ever to start the fourth loop at all.įor the past seven years, no one has crossed the finish line of the Barkley Marathons: five 32-kilometer loops – 160 kilometers in total – through inhospitable terrain and with a basically countless amount of elevation gain. This year the participants are lucky with good conditions: it is cold, but sunny. This year’s Barkley Marathons looks set to be a very special edition: no fewer than seven runners have started the fourth of five loops, making more runners than ever in the race to cross the coveted finish line after 160 kilometers.Ĭompleting three loops, in which the seven runners thus succeeded, is known as completing the “Fun Run” and thus already constitutes a first goal in itself.

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