This is Kelly’s sixth appearance at the race, though he has only finished once.
At the time of publication, British runner Jasmin Pariswas still out on her fourth loop beyond the 48-hour cutoff time, she will be eliminated from the race when she arrives back at camp. There is a 48-hour cutoff time for runners wanting to begin a fifth loop. Barkley Marathons race director Laz Lake. Kelly is followed by Barkley virgin Aurélien Sanchez (45:57:09), Karel Sabbe (46:36:57) and Damian Hall (47:49:03). The last man to finish the Barkley in 2017, John Kelly, leads the group of four, finishing four loops in 45 hours, 50 minutes and 23 seconds. The last time someone crossed the Barkley Marathon finish line was seven years ago.It has been a long six years since Frozen Head State Park and race director Laz Lake have seen a Barkley Marathons finisher, but for the first time in Barkley Marathons history, four runners have completed four loops and begun a fifth, and final, loop. Participants will be busy for the next few days. The best way to follow updates about the race is through the hashtag #bm100 on Twitter. The world-famous marathon, for which participants pay only the amount of one dollar, takes place annually at Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, America. If you don’t make that cut-off, you will be eliminated from the race.
Not only the distance and the inhospitable area make the Barkley Marathon a real torture for participants, but also the fact that you have to start the next loop (32km) every twelve hours. Participants cover 160 kilometers over five loops, through inhospitable terrain and with a basically countless amount of altimeters. It is considered the most brutal ultrarun in the world, and that is not surprising in the past 35 years there have only been 15 finishers and furthermore all participants in the Barkley Marathon dropped out early.
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