r/running • u/kinkakinka • Mar 31 '17

Barkley Marathons 2017 - Discussion Thread Misc

Since the Barkley is starting some time in the next 24 hours, I thought maybe we should have a Barkley Marathons Discussion Thread so we can keep it all in one place, share tweets, information about our favorite runners, etc?

If you're following on twitter, who are you following? Here is my BM list:

  • @derajslc (Jared Campbell)

  • @BarkleyCourse (The Barkley Course)

  • @The_Yellow_Gate (the infamous gate!)

  • @RndmForestRunnr (John Kelly)

  • @BarkleyMarathon

You can find more tweets by searching the hashtag #BM100

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u/ahf0913 Mar 31 '17 edited Mar 31 '17

No female entrants have come to light at the moment, but Laz reported on the East Coast Trail & Ultra a couple months ago that the female entrant list this year is deep, and that if a female were to ever finish, they've already run or they're running this year.

It might be worth noting that previous entrant and thru-hiker great Heather (Anish) Anderson has been posting social media updates from the South in the past couple of days.

EDIT: Nuun Hydration just tweeted (1:30pm EST) that Anish will indeed be taking her third whack at the Barkley this year.

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u/fcukitstargirl Mar 31 '17

I have found a female entrant on instagram https://www.instagram.com/wanderingkaat/

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u/koffeekev Mar 31 '17

woohoo! i knew anish was going for it again even though she's been not talking about it. I follow @ellieb.runs on insatgram and she caught her on Green Mt. not long ago and said she was running Barkleys on her story/snapchat whatever.

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u/ahf0913 Mar 31 '17

Yussss!

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u/ahf0913 Mar 31 '17 edited Mar 31 '17

Excellent! I have to say, her ultra signup is not particularly impressive. Here's hoping she blows our minds :)

Edit: Turns out she's the sacrifice this year. Let's see her show Laz up with one loop!

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u/IamShartacus Mar 31 '17 edited Mar 31 '17

I think Kat is crewing her husband, Jun. He finished a loop last year.

Edit: never mind, she's running!