Hopefully we will see a different story in 2018. Collins did have all his pages, despite the unfortunate mishap, and the video of his finish collapse from exhaustion is devastating, posted on Canadian Running’s Facebook page.Īlthough every runner’s heart wants him to slip in with an official finish, the rules are brutal rules that every participant respects. The page requirement changes with each lap. Along the course, the participants ensure they followed the correct map by collecting pages along the way and presenting them at the finish line. Gary Collins would have been the first Canadian to finish the feat, until he made a wrong turn and missed the cutoff by 6 seconds, tapping the finish line gate from the wrong side. CNN It’s a few days since he dragged his battered, sleep-deprived body to the finish line of the Barkley Marathons one of only 17 people ever to do so and Aurélien Sanchez is still being. Imagine a race cutoff of 60 hours-don’t worry, we can’t either.īut at the elusive 100-mile Barkley Marathons, an insane ultra event comprising five 20-mile loops through a wooded park in Tennessee, this is the reality, along with 60,000 feet of elevation gain. Those who finish are few and far between-exactly 14 men have done so under the cutoff. Please feel free to continue posting questions and I will answer them when I get back. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! UPDATE: Its 2:00 PM EDT and Im going to step away for about an hour. Even under ideal conditions, completing a single loop of the notorious Barkley Marathons let alone completing all five loops to actually finish the raceis an accomplishment for many of the 40.
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