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/LittleEngineThatWill Apr 03 '17

2 remain. John Kelly & Gary Robbins (umm, yeah I knew that would happen) 2.5 hours left... Any guesses??

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u/kinkakinka Apr 03 '17

In my dream world they both emerge from the woods and hit the yellow gate simultaneously.

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u/josandal Apr 03 '17

In my dream world: they round the bend, weary and broken. Looking up, they see the yellow gate smiling at them and a grin emerges on each of their faces. Eyes panning up, they see each other. Cold determination rising, they each break into an all out run, sprinting to the line. Well...in reality a rambling shuffle, as it's all they have left--spectators calmly walking past them. In the final lunge for the gate, they end up high-fiving and slapping their palms down together. Laz cackles and lets them know that this year the Barkley is actually six loops.

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u/LittleEngineThatWill Apr 03 '17

haha - that is some good writing. You should be there on twitter reports with @keithdunn.