![]() This year, not a single person made it to the fifth loop. ![]() If you make it to the fifth loop, you get to choose your direction, and the next runner after you must run the opposite direction, with runners alternating from that point forward. The first two loops are done counterclockwise, the next two are counterclockwise. ![]() The course includes steep hills.Ĭompetitors attempting to run the full 100-mile event must complete each 20-mile loop in 12 hours, or they don't get to move on to the next loop. The Barkley Marathons consist of five loops around a 20-mile route - not marked paths, but rough trails through a wooded area. That's because you haven't heard about the other races Gary Cantrell organizes.Ĭhief among those is the Barkley Marathons, held each spring, not in Wartrace, but near Wartburg, in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County of East Tennessee. ![]() (AP) - The idea of running 40 miles, to most people, sounds like a ridiculous, over-the-top challenge. ![]()
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