2021 Barkley Marathons - Official Thread

Also, best source for updates

https://twitter.com/hashtag/bm100?f=live

Jamil is more of a celebrity than a big name.

left out wrote:

Jamil is more of a celebrity than a big name.

The dude has finished 4 laps at Barkley (I believe)...So i'd say at least at Barkley he is a big/well known name...not that it means much there.

more of a YouTube celebrity.

To his credit when he actually focused on racing and not on his youtube channels he's had some good results.

Guessing the course was pretty wet at least for the start. Lots of rain in TN in the last day or so. Any boots on the ground?

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Almost 9 hours in and no one has come thru Loop 1.

Doesn't bode well for a 5 loop finisher per John Kelly

https://twitter.com/RndmForestRunnr/status/1372577744471650304

left out wrote:

Jamil is more of a celebrity than a big name.

Can you explain Jamil for and ultra newbie? I saw some of his videos and I followed his strava and his training is super sporadic. Like barely runs, then one or two 60 mile week, then nothing. Is he fast?

Jared Campbell and Luke Nelson in 10:21:18/19 respectively. First to finish loop one

Followed by Jamil Coury, Frank Gonzalez, Wes Thurman and Scott Martin in 10:39

Followed by the ladies of Courtney, Maggie and Liz Canty in 10:44, along with Chris Hanlon.

Maybe slow and steady gets it done this year...going to be really, really hard though (like this race is ever easy).

Most people will know him from his Mountain Outhouse news channel where he does a summary of recent ultra results. He also has an event company Aravaipa Running which puts on a lot of events in the AZ area. Javelina probably being the most well known. As noted above he has finished 4 laps before so that would actually make him a “big” name at this event. I’ll take that back. I think the point stands that he is mostly well known for things outside of his running results though.

left out wrote:

Most people will know him from his Mountain Outhouse news channel where he does a summary of recent ultra results. He also has an event company Aravaipa Running which puts on a lot of events in the AZ area. Javelina probably being the most well known. As noted above he has finished 4 laps before so that would actually make him a “big” name at this event. I’ll take that back. I think the point stands that he is mostly well known for things outside of his running results though.

Based on him finishing 4 laps I feel like he could actually be a good runner if he actually trained and ran.

shootpost wrote:

left out wrote:

Most people will know him from his Mountain Outhouse news channel where he does a summary of recent ultra results. He also has an event company Aravaipa Running which puts on a lot of events in the AZ area. Javelina probably being the most well known. As noted above he has finished 4 laps before so that would actually make him a “big” name at this event. I’ll take that back. I think the point stands that he is mostly well known for things outside of his running results though.

Based on him finishing 4 laps I feel like he could actually be a good runner if he actually trained and ran.

There is zero running at Barkleys. There is some very slow jogging for small portions, but otherwise it's really just power hiking and suffering. Also an ability to stay awake for 3 days.

A better example - that Gary Robbins guy who almost finished 5 loops - he recently set a 10K PB of 34:47. Yup, that's his PB, and he trained for it. He's not even fast enough to run for a half way decent high school team. I'm not knocking the guy, I'm just saying Barkley's is not an event for runners. It's hiking, orienteering for 60 hours while staying awake for 3 days. Obviously very difficult and hellish, just not a running event.

my buddy tapped out in loop 1, injury

Frank Gonzales tapped out on Loop 2. One of my favorite people. An absolute blast to hang out with and an extremely nice guy.

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There is zero running at Barkleys. There is some very slow jogging for small portions, but otherwise it's really just power hiking and suffering. Also an ability to stay awake for 3 days.

A better example - that Gary Robbins guy who almost finished 5 loops - he recently set a 10K PB of 34:47. Yup, that's his PB, and he trained for it. He's not even fast enough to run for a half way decent high school team. I'm not knocking the guy, I'm just saying Barkley's is not an event for runners. It's hiking, orienteering for 60 hours while staying awake for 3 days. Obviously very difficult and hellish, just not a running event.

Sounds perfect for Kilian.

Here is a top secret Barkley results list:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kZY_hOvZwmtiyjeQ4yzsCVYlFBjh0HO3CwsaTJalEZ4/edit#gid=774227669

how are these two things related? wrote:

There is zero running at Barkleys. There is some very slow jogging for small portions, but otherwise it's really just power hiking and suffering. Also an ability to stay awake for 3 days.

A better example - that Gary Robbins guy who almost finished 5 loops - he recently set a 10K PB of 34:47. Yup, that's his PB, and he trained for it. He's not even fast enough to run for a half way decent high school team. I'm not knocking the guy, I'm just saying Barkley's is not an event for runners. It's hiking, orienteering for 60 hours while staying awake for 3 days. Obviously very difficult and hellish, just not a running event.

You are right about this. Barkley is not a running event. It is a very specialized orienteering and hiking event which involves a lot of mental strength.

I think it should be noted that participation has been artificially kept small over the years to keep the lore of the race. Only x amount of people have finished so on and so forth. I'd be interested to see how some of the european orienteer racers would fare in a race like this.

I think Michael Wardian is also in it this year...