Barkley marathon

[jinkies]

Is anyone following the Barkley marathon? It's a crazy 100+ mile race through dense woods with no marked trail and 60 hours to finish. Only 17 people have ever finished in 35 years.

Jasmin Paris just became the first female to ever finish, with only a minute and a half to spare.

I am both impressed and also questioning why anyone would want to do this to themselves.

[pumpkincat]

I watched the (very entertaining) documentary a few years ago. How fun to have the first female finisher!

[fivechickens]

I just saw something on IG about her (amazing!!!) and I was wondering what was so special about this particular marathon. Thank you for explaining it.

[jinkies]

Mar 22, 2024 17:27:20 GMT -5 pumpkincat said:

I watched the (very entertaining) documentary a few years ago. How fun to have the first female finisher!

I think the documentary is where I learned about it! I kind of love niche things like this.

[wanderingback]

Oh wow that’s great that a woman finished.

Also, unless things have changed it’s also a mystery as to how to enter the race.

[keweenawlove]

I've been following the last couple years. I had a friend from college.race last year and finish the "fun run". I'm so happy to see a woman finished this year.

[jinkies]

Mar 22, 2024 18:24:09 GMT -5 keweenawlove said:

I've been following the last couple years. I had a friend from college.race last year and finish the "fun run". I'm so happy to see a woman finished this year.

That's awesome!

[rosiebear]

I love that documentary and recommend it all the time. I’m thrilled a woman has finished!

[scm1011]

I was so thrilled to read this today!

[isabel]

Our family photographer is a distance runner and posted it about it, so it’s all over my algorithm now. I’m fascinated. Definitely going to watch the documentary this week. Super cool that a woman finished!