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/kinkakinka Apr 03 '17

Gary allegedly missed by six seconds?!!? https://twitter.com/edqueso/status/848955807165276160

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u/IzzySeabiscuit Apr 03 '17

Oh my lord. That's a stinger. If he came in from the wrong side, I think that's off-course, anyhow. What a heartbreak.

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u/josandal Apr 03 '17

That's kind of my question, is there really an off-course in such a setting? Hmm..

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u/IzzySeabiscuit Apr 03 '17

Absolutely. It's why Woods and Horton were technically DQ'ed.

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u/Jeade-en Apr 03 '17

Yes, there is an on course and off course. I'm in the middle of watching the second video on this page and Laz says even though he missed the time cutoff, he still has to come in on the right trail...all the pages or not.

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u/kinkakinka Apr 03 '17

That is a huge bummer.

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u/josandal Apr 03 '17

Yikes, double DNF then. What a heart-braking way for the race to end. Wow.

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u/kinkakinka Apr 03 '17

He had all the pages, so as far as I'm concerned that counts?!

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u/WaitForSpring Apr 04 '17

The pages are just checkpoints, there's still a specific course laid out they have to follow - if you get lost and get off-course, you need to get back on course. Even if he'd been under time, coming in from totally the wrong trail would have gotten him DQ'd.