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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Barkley Marathons 101

The Race that Eats its Young!!!

A few RoadRunners will on their way to Tennessee this weekend to try and complete the Barkley Marathons. Here is a good write up from the New York Times, tells you all you need to know.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/sports/the-barkley-marathons-few-know-how-to-enter-fewer-finish.html?smid=pl-share

Entering This Race Is as Hard as Finishing It
Only 12 ultrarunners have completed the 100-mile Barkley Marathons, and those connected to it hope a coming documentary does not alter its counterculture charm.

 
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