2017 Barkley Marathon features one finisher, heartbreak for Gary Robbins
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2017 Barkley Marathon features one finisher, heartbreak for Gary Robbins
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#2Thanks for posting this - I'm excited to see the rest of the information as it comes in!
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#3I first knew about the Barkley Marathons when I stumbled across the documentary on a streaming platform. I recommend to watch it to anyone who wants a sneak peak on what this absolutely insane/crazy race is about. http://barkleymovie.com
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#5Interestingly, the 100mi road record is 11:46:37. I doubt that was done with ~10mi of vertical climb though...
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#6I first knew about the Barkley Marathons when I stumbled across the documentary on a streaming platform. I recommend to watch it to anyone who wants a sneak peak on what this absolutely insane/crazy race is about. http://barkleymovie.com
I saw it on Netflix and loved it. I also highly recommend it for anyone that wants to watch a unique documentary.
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#7Who gives a damn about their official cutoff?
Data point/fact: Garry Robbins finished in 60:00:06.
Coming to the finish from the wrong direction is a problem; maybe they could figure it out somehow and translate that to a penalty of some number of seconds.
Re: 2017 Barkley Marathon features one finisher, heartbreak for Gary Robbins
#8I first knew about the Barkley Marathons when I stumbled across the documentary on a streaming platform. I recommend to watch it to anyone who wants a sneak peak on what this absolutely insane/crazy race is about. http://barkleymovie.com
Mee too. My wife's a runner and we found the documentary on iTunes or Netflix or something, and really loved it.
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#9I don't get how the first person to complete 4 loops had the "choice" to decide which way to run the last one. Was he choosing for everyone? This doesn't make sense, because my understanding is runners can go ANY direction they want. If they have to reverse for the 5th loop, they have to reverse relative to their OWN race direction.
Re: 2017 Barkley Marathon features one finisher, heartbreak for Gary Robbins
#10Who gives a damn about their official cutoff? Data point/fact: Garry Robbins finished in 60:00:06. Coming to the finish from the wrong direction is a problem; maybe they could figure it out somehow and translate that to a penalty of some number of seconds.
Supposedly he would've been DQ'ed because he wasn't following the course the entire way.