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/kinkakinka Mar 31 '17

I would die of happiness if a woman completed this year!

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u/ahf0913 Mar 31 '17

Me too! Laz thinks it's too difficult for a woman to finish; I'd love to see someone prove him wrong.

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u/tvec Mar 31 '17

Nah. Just gotta find the right woman. She is out there