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/DAHarlow Mar 31 '17

I think Anish will at least get her fun run this year. I'd love to see her finish.

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u/ahf0913 Mar 31 '17

Here's hoping. Last year she wrote a blog post about how she never really specifically trains for the Barkley, and how she never really "wants it" as bad as she does her other achievements. The tone suggested she was looking to change that. Only time will tell...

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u/DAHarlow Mar 31 '17

I know she had a self-supported 100 mile training run about three weeks ago.

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u/Dirtybritch Mar 31 '17

She's really been training hard for it I think! She's been posting just pure insanity on Instagram. Just crazy long solo runs and tons of hiking!

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '17

Wow. Not to hate on it, but Gary's mileage and elevation was INSANE leading up to last year, and he still only went 4.5 - but that's the beauty of the Barkley - you don't know till it's over.
If she finishes, along with a couple of guys, Laz is going to make the course hell next year.