The Comrades champ and LRC visitor has a diet that we used ourselves when we use to run 100+ , "I like to eat Taco Bell and Subway before my races."

*MB: Two women are currently trying to break the record for fastest run across the USA - is anyone watching them?

Walmsley was the favorite coming in and was on CR pace with a huge lead after the first half, but ended up blowing up in the heat and DNFing.

Muggers robbed him at gunpoint, but the 9-time Comrades Marathon champ said they were welcome to his running shoes as they had 621 miles on them and smelled terrible.

Krupicka, aka LRC forum reader and 'Jesus-man' used to win big trail runs with regularity, now he is injured but more popular than ever. If it wasn't for the NOP stuff, this would be our QOD, "I can’t help feeling like what I do is unimportant. There are people in the world who have noble jobs and jobs that are for other people and not just for themselves. I feel like being a sponsored athlete is such a ridiculous life to lead. It’s like, what are you doing for people? Nothing.”

John Kelly became just the 15th person to complete the historically difficult 100+ mile ultra marathon while Gary Robbins just missed the 60-hour cutoff by a heartbreaking 6-seconds.
*Michael Wardian Only Finished 1 Loop After Going Off Course And Losing "Three And A Half Hours"
*Photos, Videos And Social Media Posts From Barkley Marathons
*MB: Where were you when Gary Robbins missed the cutoff by 6 seconds?

For some good reads on this epic ultra race which has way more DNFs than actual finishers, go to our Barkely Marathons archive page.

Lapping a couple (who probably didn't know he was the leader) on the looped course, he heard them whisper "I bet he was a great runner when he was young." Carpenter response as he went on by, "I still am."

Since his surprise win, Miller has set a couple ultra CRs and has more races planned for the fall.

Alyson Venti also broke the women's CR. (Note: Runners benefited from schedule changes which have more of the race run at night.)

The group that helped put in the thousands of hours of work to make the trails runnable is now being barred from using them.

Jim Walmsley had a huge lead and was on course-record pace, but ran into some trouble getting swept up in the current at a river crossing and a taking a 3-mile wrong turn. Kaci Lickteig won the women's race and finished 14th overall.
*MB: Western States Endurance 100 Discussion 2016

There have been accusations and videos saying that Young is spending time at night riding in his support vehicle rather than run the miles himself.
*MB: Robert Young fakes run across America

Dave Proctor covered 161.81 miles to beat the 2004 record of 160.24. He also broke the 12-hour record along the way with 86.49 miles.