Barkley Marathons.

[Richpips]

Has anyone else been following this on twitter.

A race of true genius.

As I type this I understand the 40 are down to 2 possible finishers.

Worth a watch from last year - https://t.co/Ugt7t5SYSS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley_Marathons

[Pirahna]

I won't be entering.

[gairym]

I love this race. Lunacy for its own sake!

[ballibeg]

Film on Netflix too.

Check out "The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young" on Netflix
www.netflix.com/title/80076413?source=android

[GregMay]

Self-Transcendence Race tops it for pure mental hell.

3,100 miles on a ~0.5 mile course. 52 days to complete.

But the Barkley is a special thing. I had the luck to meet a finisher at the Tour Divide and spend a few minutes chatting about it.

[voodoo_simon]

Watched a YouTube documentary on it last year and I must say

Love the fact the race fee is a couple of $$$ and whatever clothing he is short of for that year

And a race start time that no ones knows about, what a bastard...

[ianfitz]

Apparently no finishers this year. Got to love an event where even an actual finish is guaranteed

[BigdummySteve]

Wow just finished watching the film.... I must stop being soft

[Pyro]

I know Eoin Keith who was racing this year. Broke his shoulder but completed two laps anyway. He's a hard man, former Spine Race winner amongst a lot of other accomplishments. It's not known as "The race that eats it's young" for nothing...

[Single Speed George]

loved the Netflix documentery on it

[rich.mike]

Wow, I hadn't heard of this, great video. I can't imagine the feeling of missing the finish by 6 seconds