Participants (capped at 40 even in normal times) must either have been vaccinated or have had the virus and recovered. The infamous 100-miler was cancelled in 2020 due to COVID, and this year’s race is a little different than in the past, with COVID passports and masking and distancing at the start.
RELATED: Barkley Marathons book documents race’s 15 finishers Others have helpfully noted that in 2017, when John Kelly finished and Gary Robbins completed five loops but took a wrong turn and returned to camp from the wrong direction, resulting in a DNF, they finished the first loop considerably more quickly. For updates, follow the Barkley Marathons on Twitter.When the frontrunners reached the fire tower on the first loop (which sits at the top of the steep, bramble-infested climb known as Rat Jaw), Dunn predicted they would finish the first loop in nine or 10 hours, so they were slightly behind his prediction.
Runners must finish each loop in 12 hours to make the final 60-hour cutoff for the full course. To date, no female runner has finished the race. Jasmin Paris, Thomas Dunkerbeck, Greig Hamilton, and Karel Sabbe joined Kelly as the last runners to attempt the third loop.Īs of this writing, British runner Jasmin Paris is the last woman standing in the race after Courtney Dauwalter dropped out on the second loop. In 2017, Kelly became the 15th person to complete the Barkley Marathons, the last year the event has recorded a finisher. Of the last folks standing, John Kelly is perhaps the most notable name - or at least the runner with the Barkley know-how to possibly survive another loop. When the second cutoff time hit, only five runners had made the cutoff, earning the honor of heading out on a third brutal loop. Runners added wet, cold conditions and muddy terrain to their list of challenges. Though most participants made the cutoff time for the first loop - a record of 30 runners - that prediction quickly took a Barkley-ian turn for the worse on the second loop.ĭuring the night, the weather deteriorated into a cold rain. Yea, The 2022 Barkley Marathons began today with a world class field. EST with a field that was one of the toughest to date, at least according to the Barkley Marathons Twitter account. The 2022 event kicked off on March 8, 2022, at 6:54 a.m. And runners don’t know the exact start time for the race. A post shared by Howie Stern Photo keeping with the nature of the event, the Barkley Marathons doesn’t make the start list public before the event.
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