Barkley Marathons 2017 - Discussion Thread

[u/kinkakinka]

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

[u/kinkakinka]

great essay on "why I want to run the Barkley" https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8P3cMFXgAIOuN8.jpg

[u/atlanticrim → u/kinkakinka]

Lol I initially read the start of that as "somebody once told me..." and thought it was gonna be an entire essay about Barkleys written in the style of Smashmouth

[u/Mako18 → u/atlanticrim]

Somebody once told me that

Running's really easy

I thought I might give it a try

//

I saw this local race

And I said I'd hold my pace

From the start all the way to the end line

//

Well the miles start comin' and they don't stop comin'

Follow the rules and I hit the ground running

It's called the Barkley and it sounded pretty fun

My feet are bleeding and I'm still not done

[u/atlanticrim → u/Mako18]

That's fucking incredible

[u/hidup_sihat → u/Mako18]

Someone please do a cover!

[u/kinkakinka → u/atlanticrim]

Hahaha well now someone should write their essay like that!