For example, using a GPS tracker or posting a photo of the course map will result in a lifetime ban.
The unwritten rules of the Fall Classic prevent me from disclosing much about the course. The course offers a taste of the full Barkley, including some of the most famous sections such as the brier fields, a run down "Testicle Spectacle" and climbing over the prison wall. This "Baby Barkley" is one loop in the park, covering roughly 31 miles and more than 10,000 feet of vertical gain. After decades, only a handful have finished the approximately 100-mile race in Frozen Head State Park in Wartburg, Tennessee.įor the more average of athletes, the annual Barkley Fall Classic offers a glimpse of the full race. Arguably the hardest race in the world, only a select number of people get to run the full Barkley every year. In the ultra running community, and among those with a love of Netflix documentaries, the Barkley Marathons and its bearded, cigarette smoking race director is a kind of icon. In a Facebook group, folks posted recovery photos from previous years - red lines of thorn-torn skin or bulging places where wasps attacked. Not a chance in hell I'd try it myself though.There are memes about how hard the course will be. It is heart breaking and it makes for gripping viewing. With no markers and no GPS, can't you cheat? No, there are books at various points in the woods and you have to find them all, tear out the page that matches your race number (that changes each loop) and get a full set. but you only have 60 hours to complete it. Completely solo, no help, no markers, no water stations, intentionally fluid organisation, even no set start time. Most people don't complete 1 Lap, never mind all 5. 5 laps, in daylight and at night, going opposite directions on each loop. Invite only and limited to 40 entrants per year, to tackle a 130(ish) mile course, across mind bogglingly hard terrain that you have to navigate yourself, with map/compass, no GPS. Low-fi homespun logistics tying together possibly the nuttiest and toughest course on the planet. I've heard of The Barkley Marathons before, but this doc really nails it. Reviewed by garethcrook 8 / 10 Inspiring and heart breaking.
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