Like this. Big Hell is still to come, but I ran out of film.

The Zip Line drops 1500 ft. in a mile, and can take an hour to descend because of the wretched footing in some places...

Rat Jaw climbs 1000 feet in 1/2 mile under some powerlines and past some abandoned coal mines. The ground is covered with mats of cut-down sawbriers. In some places there is a downed powerline that can be used as a climbing rope. Otherwise you have to climb with your hands, and the thorns draw blood.

Stu Gleman at the top of Hell. Book 5 is Southern Discomfort . (Photo courtesy of Peter Schuler).

Descending Leonard's Butt Slide. The first few hundred feet are on muddy slopes at a 45 degree angle down to book 3.

The North Boundary Trail has many blowdowns to climb over, under, and around.

Debra Moore tears a page out of Book 1, A Time to Die . You have to retrieve a page out of all 9 books to verify that you completed the 20 mile loop.

Descending the north side of Bird Mountain, the trail isn't so nice any more. In fact, it hasn't been maintained for 50 years.

The runners climb 1500 ft. in the first mile up Bird Mountain, the first of many big hills on the first loop of the 2001 Barkley.

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Frozen Ed Furtaw has written a book about the Barkley, "Tales From Out There".

The Barkley is considered one of the toughest 100 mile races in the world. It has 67,000 feet of climb (and 67,000 feet of descent), more than any other 100 mile race, more than the 33,000 ft. of climb at Hardrock, and more than the 45,000 ft. at Nolan's 14.

Since the race began in 1986, only 15 runners out of about 1000 have finished within the 60 hour cutoff. Mark Williams of the UK finished first in 1995 in 59:28. Here is his race report. In 2001, after several failed attempts, Blake Wood, 42, NM, and David Horton, 50, VA, finished together in 58:21, only to be disqualified for inadvertently leaving the course to follow a parallel route for about 200 yards. This route (on the south side of the stream instead of the north side) has slightly better footing and had been the normal route until 2000.

To give you some idea of the difficulty of this course, Blake had won the 2001 Rocky Raccoon 100 in 16:13, and the 1999 Hardrock 100 in 30:11. David Horton won Hardrock in 29:35 in 1993 and in 1991 set a course record for the Appalachian Trail, 2160 miles in 52 days.

Cave Dog (Ted Keizer) finished in 56:57 in 2003. He holds the Colorado 14er speed record, 54 14,000 ft. peaks in 10 days, 20:26. He also holds speed records in the White Mountains, Adirondacks, and Catskills. (See www.thedogteam.com). He trained for 2 weeks on the course before the race.

In 2004 Mike Tilden and Jim Nelson finished in 57:25 and 57:28, running the last loop in opposite directions as required by a rule added the year before. Both have finished Nolan's 14.

In 2008 Flyin' Brian Robinson set a course record of 55:42:27. He was the first person to hike the 3 major N-S U.S. trails in a single calendar year: Appalacian, Continental Divide, and Pacific Crest, 7400 miles in 300 days.

In 2009, Andrew Thompson finished in 57:37. In 2005 he set a speed record (since broken) for the Appalachian Trail, 2160 miles in 47 days + 13:31 (breaking Pete Palmer's record of 48 days + 20:11 in 1999, who took the record from Horton).

In 2010, Johnathan Basham finished in 59:18. He set a course record on the Colorado Trail and currently holds the course record on the Long Trail.

In 2011, Brett Maune finished in 57:13. He holds the John Muir trail speed record. Photo by Abi Meadows.

In 2012, there were 3 finishers for the first time. Brett Maune in 52:03:08 (new course record), Jared Campbell in 56:00:15, and John Fegyveresi in 59:41:21. Course adds Checkmate Hill (1300 ft in 1/2 mile). Weather was warm.

In 2013, Nick Hollon finished in 57:41 and Travis Wildeboer in 58:41. Weather was cold and wet. A new hill was added, "foolish stu", increasing the total climb to over 60,000 feet.

In 2014, Jared Campbell got his second finish in 57:50. Another new hill, Hiram's Vertical Smile, brings the total climb to 62,680 ft. Cold rain for loop 1, then clearing.

In 2015 there were 2 fun run finishers and no 100 mile finishers in cold but mostly dry weather.

In 2016, Jared Campbell was the only finisher in 59:32. He is the only 3 time finisher. Weather was cold and dry.

In 2017, John Kelly finished in 59:30. Gary Robbins made a wrong turn with 2 miles to go and returned 6 seconds over the 60 hour cutoff. Fog on loop 1, then sunny and warm, storms on loop 5. Course changes direction each loop instead of every other loop. 67,000 ft climb.

The Barkley consists of 5 20-mile loops with no aid except for water at two points. The cutoffs for the 100 mile race are 12 hours per loop. The 60 mile "fun run" has a cutoff of 40 hours, or 13:20 per loop. To prove you completed each loop, you must find 9 to 11 books (varies) at various points along the course and return a page from each book.

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2019 Results

Loop 1 1 John Kelly TN 8:31:49 2 Guillaume Calmettes CA 8:32:35 3 Jamil Coury AZ 8:48:27 4 Karel Sabbe BEL 9:27:49 5 Grieg Hamilton NZL 9:33:37 6 Remy Jegard FRA 9:46:11 7 Johan Steene SWE 9:46:30 8 Mikael Heerman FIN 9:46:31 9 Santiago Pinto COL 9:56:38 10 Tomokazu Ohara JPN 9:56:45 11 Paul Giblin SCT 10:01:41 12 Mark Laveson CA 10:27:08 13 Steve Slaby MD 10:38:20 14 James Elson GBR 10:38:21 15 Jared Campbell UT 10:38:26 16 Gavin Woody WA 10:38:27 17 Jodi Isenor NS 10:46:36 18 Stephanie Case AFG 11:32:51 19 Mig Panhuysen NED 11:32:52 20 Nicky Spinks ENG 11:32:53 21 Billy Reed NIR 11:32:54 22 Benoit Laval FRA 11:39:12 23 Valery Causserieu FRA11:50:03 24 Hisayuki Tateno JPN 13:08:54 25 Ed Thomas SD 13:11:26 26 Dale Holdaway IL 13:11:27 27 Zach Gingerich OR 13:13:15 28 Maggie Guterl PA 13:13:16 42 Starters Loop 2 1 Kelly 21:02:54 2 Calmettes 21:11:44 3 Hamilton 22:06:31 4 Sabbe 22:57:19 5 Steene 24:20:10 6 Coury 24:21:23 7 Ohara 24:25:26 22 Starters Loop 3 1 Sabbe 35:40:18 2 Hamilton 35:41:58 3 Calmettes 36:03:49 4 Ohara 39:38:34 5 Coury 39:38:35 6 Steene 39:38:36 6 Starters Loop 4 2 Starters Loop 5 0 Starters

Report by laz

Report by Morgan Mckay in Get Out There Magazine.

Report by John Kelly

Podcast by Maggie Guterl

Podcast by James Elson

Report by Jodi Isenor

Report by Stephanie Case

Report by James Elson.



2018 Results

Mar. 24, 2018. 9:33 AM start. No finishers. 5 completed loop 2 in thunderstorms. Gary Robbins was the only finisher of the fun run.

Loop 1 1 Gary Robbins CAN 8:38:08 2 Allie Beaven SCO 8:38:09 3 Guillaume Calmettes CA 8:38:10 4 Jamil Coury AZ 8:58:55 5 Benoit Laval FRA 9:07:15 6 Valery Caussarieu FRA 9:07:20 7 Jodi Isenor CAN 9:23:31 8 Johan Steene SWE 9:56:54 9 Scott Martin OR 9:56:55 10 Josep Barbarillo ESP 10:53:15 11 Nikolay Nachev BUL 10:54:39 12 Amelia Boone CA 10:57:58 13 John Burton MI 10:57:59 14 Remi Jegard FRA 11:58:17 15 Maggie Guterl PA 12:08:40 16 Liz Canty AL 12:09:12 17 Eoin Keith IRL 12:09:13 18 Nicki Rehn AUS 12:19:23 19 Ed Ackerly NJ 12:19:24 20 Anatoly Ross CAN 12:37:54 21 Grant Maughan AUS 12:38:15 22 Garret Christensen CA 12:47:57 23 Gabriel Szerda MN 12:55:01 24 Stephanie Case FRA 12:55:02 25 Kaz Williams WLS 13:08:32 26 Dewayne Satterfield AL 13:18:20 44 Starters Loop 2 1 Gary Robbins 23:05:35 2 Guillaume Calmettes 23:35:25 3 Allie Beaven 23:35:30 4 Johan Steene 25:49:21 5 Valery Caussarieu 26:26:26 21 Starters Loop 3 1 Gary Robbins 36:12:54 5 Starters Loop 4 0 Starters Loop 5 0 Starters

Barkley Sans Pitie (20 min)

Video by Jamil Coury (26:17) (31 hours on loop 2). Q&A (97 minutes)

Report by Gary Robbins

Crew Report by John Kelly

Report by Amilia Boone

Report by Maggie Guterl

Article by Tairan Qin (in Chinese)

Report by John Burton

Report by Allie Beaven (2 loops)



2017 Results

Apr. 1-3, 2017. 1:42 AM start. Fog on lap 1 and 40s to 80s for 4 laps, then thunderstorms, snow, and fog. 67,000 ft climb.

Loop 1 1 John Kelly MD 9:29:25 2 Gary Robbins BC 9:29:27 3 Benoit Laval FR 9:55:41 4 Sean Ranney CA 9:55:42 5 Johan Steene SWE 9:59:49 6 Mikael Heerman FIN 10:00:23 7 Rob Youngren AL 10:41:22 8 Erik Storheim UT 10:41:28 9 Scott Breeden IN 10:41:30 10 Megan Farrell NH 10:51:53 11 Michael Versteeg AZ 10:54:43 12 Brandon Stapanowich CO 10:54:44 13 Jamil Coury AZ 10:54:46 14 Heather Anderson WA 11:09:33 15 Adam Lint WA 11:09:39 16 Kathleen Cusick VA 11:29:03 17 Henry Wakley WV 11:33:54 18 Dale Holdaway BRA 12:09:49 19 Seth Wolpin CA 12:10:00 20 Jason Lantz PA 12:21:11 21 Arthus Guillaume FR 12:56:08 22 Wen Hsiao Chiu TAI 12:56:14 23 Ed Thomas SD 12:56:40 24 Gina Fiorini CO 13:07:05 25 Dewayne Satterfield AL 13:09:21 26 Hiram Rogers TN 13:15:40 40 Starters Loop 2 1 Kelly 20:18:50 2 Robbins 20:18:52 3 Steene 22:38:39 4 Ranney 22:38:42 5 Laval 23:06:49 6 Coury 23:08:01 7 Youngren 25:05:56 8 Storheim 25:06:00 24 Starters Loop 3 1 Kelly 32:58:49 2 Robbins 32:58:50 3 Ranney 37:53:39 4 Steene 37:53:40 5 Storheim 39:03:25 6 Youngren 39:03:26 7 Starters Loop 4 1 Kelly 46:26:06 2 Robbins 46:26:07 2 Starters Loop 5 1 Kelly 59:30:53 2 Starters

Canadian Running

Finish video

Amtrak National

Report by John Kelly Longer version (59:30)

Report by Gary Robbins (missed last 2 miles, 60:00:06 from wrong direction).

Report by Eric Storheim (fun run)

Report by Brandon Stapanowich (1 12/13 loops in 25 hours)

Report by Seth Wolpin (1.5 loops)

Report by Guillaume Arthus (1.5 loops)



Barkley Fall Classic 50K, Sept. 16, 2017.

2016 Results

Apr. 2-4, 2016. 10:42 AM start.

Loop 1 1 Jared Campbell UT 8:01:18 2 Gary Robbins NWF 8:01:19 3 Adam Lint WA 8:01:23 4 Andrew Thompson NH 8:14:44 5 John Kelly MD 8:58:16 6 John Fegyveresi VT 9:15:16 7 Benoit Laval FRA 9:36:13 8 Jason Poole CO 10:02:12 9 Erik Storheim UT 10:10:17 10 Ty Draney WY 10:10:18 11 Michiel Panhuysen NED 10:20:07 12 Dale Holdaway BRA 10:20:15 13 Georg Kunzfeld GER 10:48:04 14 Dominique Ecoiffier NCL 10:48:40 15 Ed Thomas SD 10:49:05 16 Nikolay Nachev WA 10:55:20 17 Mikael Andersson SWE 11:14:59 18 Jennilynn Eaton UT 11:19:39 19 Heather Anderson WA 11:24:02 20 Conrado Bermudez NJ 11:33:37 21 Rebecca Wilcox AUS 11:33:38 22 Niki Rehn NZL 11:37:36 23 Kirby Russell TN 11:37:38 24 Hiram Rogers TN 11:46:55 25 Remy Jegard FRA 11:46:56 26 Iso Yucra BOL 11:52:28 27 Hisayuki Tateno JAP 11:52:32 28 Brad Bishop CO 12:56:51 40 Starters Loop 2 1 Jared Campbell 19:02:32 2 Gary Robbins 19:02:33 3 John Kelly 20:13:43 4 Dale Holdaway 25:24:54 5 Jason Poole 25:47:25 6 Ty Draney 25:47:26 7 Jennilynn Eaton 26:28:37 8 Michiel Panhuysen 26:36:10 25 Starters Loop 3 1 Jared Campbell 31:27:16 2 Gary Robbins 31:27:20 3 John Kelly 32:38:08 7 Starters Loop 4 1 Gary Robbins 46:39:04 2 Jared Campbell 46:40:06 3 John Kelly 47:46:58 3 Starters Loop 5 1 Jared Campbell 59:32:30 3 Starters

Great Big Story

Ultrarunning article by Leon Lutz.

La Barkley (French with English subtitles)

Report by Jared Campbell (third finish).

Report by Gary Robbins (quit on lap 5). Long Version.

Report by John Kelly (original version) (quit on lap 5). Chinese translation by Larson Zhang.

Report by Dale Holdaway (2 hours over fun run cutoff).

Report by Jennilyn Eaton (quit on lap 3).

Report by Michael Panhuysen (2 loops with 4 minutes to spare).

Report and video by Benoit Laval (2 loops in 27 hours).

Report by Erik Storheim (1.5 loops).

Report by Nicki Rehn (1 loop + 4 books).

Report by Ed Thomas (lost on second loop). Business Insider.

Report by Sean Ranney (over cutoff on loop 1).

Podcast and report by Starchy Grant and reports by Kimberly Durst and Brad Compton (32 hour loop).

Report by Patrick Doring (4 pages in 16 hours).

Report and podcast and podcast by Rhonda Avery. (blind runner guided by Christian Griffith. 4 pages in 30 hours). Live For a Living. Chinese translation by Tairan Qin.

Report by Cathy Henn (support).

Photos by Krys.



2015 Results

Loop 1 (20 miles, 13:20 cutoff) 1) georg kunzfeld 8:47:46 2) john kelly 8:48:18 3) scott breeden 8:48:20 4) eva pastalkova 8:48:50 5) Alan Abs 8:50:16 6) bev abs 8:50:19 7) jamil coury 8:52:26 8) henry wakley 9:12:52 9) darren thomas 9:12:55 10) matt bixley 9:30:39 11) marc laveson 9:59:59 12) dale holdaway 10:13:30 13) johan steen 10:20:55 14) toshi hosaka 10:21:45 15) heather anderson 10:58:10 16) tim scott 10:58:51 17) nikki rehn 10:58:52 18) remy jagard 11:37:48 19) rob youngren 11:40:45 20) iso yucra 12:57:46 21) dusty hardman 13:08:17 22) hiram rogers 13:08:35 23) jeremy ebel 13:11:57 24) julian jameson 13:15:40 40 starters Loop 2 (40 miles, 26:40 cutoff) 1) jamil coury 21:00:08 2) john kelly 21:00:09 3) johan steene 23:32:38 4) scott breeden 23:43:30 5) georg kunzfeld 23:43:31 6) matt bixley 23:54:48 7) eva pastalkova 24:36:51 8) toshi hosaka 24:47:59 9) dale holdaway 24:57:48 10) darren thomas 25:33:21 11) henry wakley 25:33:22 12) rob youngren 26:26:31 13) heather anderson 26:27:40 14) tim scott 26:31:05 Loop 3 (60 miles, 40 hour cutoff for fun run or 36 to continue) 1) jamil coury 32:57:08 2) john kelly 33:12:58 Loop 4 (80 miles, 48 hour cutoff) No finishers Loop 5 (100 miles, 60 hour cutoff) No starters

Coury went out on loop 4 and did not return for 22 hours (but with all his pages). Kelly was described as a "smoldering wreck". Hosaka and Holdaway were 7 hours late on loop 3.

Bloomberg Article pre-race post-race

Article in Financial Review.

Kiwi Trail Running film festival (trailer)

Article in Trail Runner

Article in iRunFar by Leon Lutz

Race history through 2015 (Chinese) by Tairan Qin.



Video by Jamil Coury's crew (over time on loop 4) interview (97 min)

Report by John Kelly (original version) (quit after fun run)

Report by Johan Steene (over time on loop 3)

Report by Toshi Hosaka (over time on loop 3)

Report by Dale Holdaway (over time on loop 3, 47 hours)

Report by Nicki Rehn (1.5 loops)

Report by Julian Jamison (1 loop in 13:15)

Report by Frozen Ed Furtaw (1 loop in 14:25, over cutoff)

Report by Edward Sandor (1 loop over cutoff)

Report by Chris Gkikas (1 loop in 14:40, over cutoff)

Report by Charlie Taylor (quit at fire tower)

Report by Kimberly Durst (3 pages)

Photos by John Price part 1 2 3

Photos by Keith Knipling



Barkley Fall Classic results, Sept. 19, 2015.

Trailrunner photos



2014 Results

100 miles. Mar. 29, 2014. 6:46 AM start. 60 hour cutoff. Loop 1 1 Jared Campbell UT 8:02:03 2 Bev Abbs CA 9:10:26 3 Jamil Coury AZ 9:10:30 4 Alan Abbs CA 9:10:38 5 John Fegyveresi PA 9:10:39 6 Jodi Isenor NS 9:10:40 7 Eva Pastalkova VA 9:49:40 8 Willy Syndram NC 10:09:09 9 Harald Zundell CA 10:16:57 10 Michiel Panhuysen NL 10:33:41 11 Bob Jones VA 10:44:30 12 Dale Holdaway BR 10:56:27 13 Nicki Rehn AU 11:09:31 14 Tim Dines TN 11:17:22 15 Heather Anderson WA 11:24:16 16 Jeff List MA 11:33:25 17 Brad Bishop CO 11:38:08 18 Nikolay Nachev CA 11:41:36 19 Iso Yucra BO 11:46:03 20 Doug Seaver MO 11:50:34 21 Jay Hallinan GA 11:50:53 22 Tim Waz SC 12:02:48 23 Chip Tuthill CO 12:13:19 24 Marcy Beard TX 12:39:29 25 Mike Bur MD 12:58:00 26 Billy Simpson TN 12:58:20 27 Jason Barringer GA 13:03:43 41 Starters Loop 2 1 Campbell 17:49:57 2 Fegyveresi 23:15:25 3 Coury 23:17:07 4 Isenor 23:17:08 5 A Abbs 23:20:50 6 Zundell 24:59:28 7 Pastalkova 24:59:29 24 Starters Loop 3 1 Campbell 30:23:26 2 Isenor 36:36:03 3 Fegyveresi 39:54:59 4 Coury 39:55:57 5 Abbs 39:55:59 7 Starters Loop 4 1 Campbell 44:03:15 1 Starter Loop 5 1 Campbell 57:53:20 1 Starter

Barkley 100 Movie by Brendan Young (22 minutes)

La Barkley on CANAL+ (French, 26 minutes)



Tethered: Report by laz. Part 1 2 3 4.

Follow #BM100 on twitter.

Article in Mental Floss

WBIR preview and report of Jared Campbell finish.

Article in Competitor Magazine.

Report by Jared Campbell, 57:50:20.

Report by Jodi Isenor, fun run in 36:36.

Report by John Fegyveresi, fun run in 39:54:59, 5 minutes under cutoff.

Interview by Jamil Coury, fun run in 39:55:57.

Report by Alan Abbs, fun run in 39:55:59.

Report by Marcy Beard, 2 loops in 31:13, 4.5 hours over cutoff.

Report by Jeff List 1 loop + 8 pages in 26:15

Report by Nicki Rehn, 1 loop + 4 pages in 19 hours.

Report by Michiel Panhuysen (Dutch) (English), 1 loop + 4 pages in 23 hours.

Report by Nikolay Nachev, 1 loop + 3 pages.

Report by Tim Waz, 1 loop + 2 pages.

Report by Jay Hallinan, 1 loop + 1 page.

Matt Mahoney's pathetic race report, 2 pages in 11:09.

Photos by John Price in camp and Rat Jaw



The Barkley Fall Classic 30 Mile was Sept. 20, 2014 on marked trails (except Rat Jaw) with aid stations. There were 228 starters and 163 finishers (71%) within the 13:20 cutoff. The winner earns entry to the "real" Barkley.

2013 Results

03/30/13 through 04/01/13 Loop 1 1 Jared Campbell UT 7:31:42 2 Toshi Hozaka CA 8:24:04 3 Bev Abbs CA 8:24:22 4 Alan Abbs CA 8:24:25 5 John Fegyveresi AN 8:24:44 6 Nick Hollon AZ 8:24:41 7 Travis Wildeboer CO 8:26:26 8 Tim Englund WA 9:06:41 9 Jonathan Allen SC 9:06:43 10 Iso Yucra BV 9:13:34 11 Henry Wakley VA 10:13:22 12 Keith Knipling VA 10:23:54 13 Michiel Panhuysen ND 10:43:26 14 Tim Dines TN 10:50:35 15 Carl Asker CT 11:00:09 16 Mike Bur MD 11:03:24 17 Nicki Rehn AU 11:10:39 18 Chip Tuthill CO 11:52:31 19 Hiram Rogers TN 11:52:42 20 Jeff Ashizawa CN 11:52:43 21 Dan Fox WA 12:55:13 22 Andrew Hackett GA 12:56:50 23 Dale Holdaway BZ 13:01:59 40 Starters Loop 2 1 Nick Hollon 19:51:19 2 Travis Wildeboer 20:19:25 3 Alan Abbs 22:08:21 4 Bev Abbs 22:08:28 5 Jared Campbell 22:53:38 21 Starters Loop 3 1 Nick Hollon 32:56:15 2 Travis Wildeboer 33:48:48 3 Jared Campbell 35:02:00 4 Alan Abbs 39:09:47 5 Bev Abbs 39:09:48 5 Starters Loop 4 1 Nick Hollon 46:51:26 2 Travis Wildeboer 46:55:54 2 Starters Loop 5 1 Nick Hollon 57:39:24 2 Travis Wildeboer 58:41:45

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New York Times article

Report and photos by Edward Sandor

Report by Nick Hollon

Non-race report and photos by Shannon Burke.

Article in Berlin newspsper (German)

Report by Michiel Panhuysen

Report and photos by Jonathan Allen

Report by Travis Wildeboer article

Report by Nicki Rehn

Trial and Terror by Peter Fish

Article in Outside

Article in USA Today

Report by Frozen Ed Furtaw

100 Minutes per Mile by Geoffrey Baker



2012 Results

Start: Mar. 31, 2012 at 9:12 AM 20 mi 40 mi 60 mi 80 mi 100 miles 1 Brett Maune CA 7:41:06 17:20:09 29:01:07 40:46:40 52:03:08 2 Jared Campbell UT 7:41:07 17:20:10 29:01:08 40:47:33 56:00:16 3 John Fegyveresi Ant 9:07:25 20:01:02 32:21:01 46:26:28 59:41:21 4 Nick Hollon AZ 8:59:45 19:38:30 32:14:47 5 Alan Abbs CA 7:44:28 19:38:34 32:14:51 6 Beverly Anderson-Abbs CA 7:44:31 19:52:32 34:29:10 7 Travis Wildeboer IA 9:20:42 21:12:35 35:21:48 8 Rob Youngren AL 9:47:42 23:13:59 35:36:29 9 Tim Englund WA 9:07:24 21:24:33 10 Wouter Hamelinck Bel 8:23:16 24:00:30 11 Iso Yucra Bol 10:31:07 25:43:37 12 Zane Smith TN 10:31:05 25:54:20 13 Aaron Sorenson CA 10:31:08 26:14:04 14 Carl Laniak GA 9:29:20 15 Byron Backer SC 9:29:52 16 Paul Melzer CA 9:46:21 17 DeWayne Satterfield AL 10:47:39 18 William Arnold TN 11:28:13 19 Julian Jamison CA 11:49:49 20 Dusty Hardman FL 12:12:28 21 Hiram Rogers TN 12:12:30 22 Michiel Panhuysen Neth 12:12:55 23 Ed Furtaw CO 12:15:19 24 Pat Costigan MI 12:23:26 25 Tim Dines TN 12:27:25 26 Marco Cych Ger 12:27:28 27 Jason Carpenter CA 12:35:46 28 Joel Gat TX 12:35:48 29 Thierry Corbarieu Fra 12:35:55 30 Elise Harrington CO 12:40:47 31 Thomas Armbruster GA 12:40:49 32 James Adams GB 12:40:53 33 Leonard Martin TN 12:52:52

Barkley Movie trailer

Report and photos by Matt Mahoney

Photos and the runners, before and after and all photos by Goeffrey Baker Photography

Report by Brett Maune and interview in Metro Pulse

Report and photos by Jared Campbell (this is how he trains)

Report and photos by John Fegyveresi (pdf) podcast Article

Report by Robert Youngren

Photos by Wouter Hamelinck video video

Photos by Zane Smith in camp. Report and photos by James Adams

Report by William Arnold

Report by Beverly Anderson-Abbs

Report by Nick Hollon

Report by Marco Cych (in German)

Photos by Rich Limacher

Report by Peter Fish

Report by Psyche Wimberly

Report by Michiel Panhuysen

Report by Paul Melzer

Photos by Mike Bur

Report by Joel Gat in Endurance Buzz

Report by Jason Carpenter

Article in the Oak Ridger part 2

Report by Frozen Ed Furtaw



2011 Results

The conch sounded at 12:07 AM EDT, Sat. Apr. 2, 2011. The race started one hour later. laz warned it could happen. Follow. Follow. Follow. Follow. Follow. Follow.

Weather: a thunderstorm at 4:30 AM first day with hail and lightning. Clear skies and high 30's to high 70's for loops 2-4. Loop 5 required a detour around a wildfire on Testicle Spectacle.

Start: 1:07 AM EDT, Sat. Apr 2, 2011 Loop 1 - 20 miles, cutoff 13:20 Alan Abbs CA 9:14:13 Brett Maune CA 9:14:15 Carl Laniak GA 9:14:16 Henry Wakley VA 9:18:47 Travis Wildeboer CO 9:36:59 Byron Backer SC 10:01:56 Nick Hollon AZ 10:25:46 Blake Wood NM 10:26:55 Joe Decker MD 10:31:27 Carl Asker CT 10:37:39 Joe Lea NC 10:38:18 Jon Barker GA 10:38:20 James Demer ME 10:38:21 Rob Youngren AL 10:52:35 DeWayne Satterfield AL 10:52:37 Marco Cych GR 11:29:43, quit Jason Barringer GA 11:34:11, quit Iso Yucra BO 11:37:19 Timothy Dines TN 11:41:16 Chip Tuthill CO 11:51:57 Bill Goodwine IN 11:52:06 Hiram Rogers TN 11:52:07 Frozen Ed Furtaw CO 12:11:02 Kent Moeller DM 12:11:09 Dale Holdaway MI 12:11:10 Paul Lefelholcz OH 12:29:20 Abi Meadows TN 12:33:42, quit Bill Losey KY 12:37:02, quit Mike Bur MD 12:37:13, quit Sue Thompson MI 12:41:35 Christian Mauduit FR 13:07:50 Howie Stern missed cutoff (15:58) Steve Durbin missed cutoff (17 hrs), punctured elbow Charles Raffensburger missed cutoff (19 hrs) Allan Holtz missed cutoff (19:34) Bob Haugh missed cutoff (20 hrs) Joe Ninke missed cutoff (23:31) Cheryl Lager missed cutoff (23:31) Mike O'Melia quit at book 6 (top of Rat Jaw) Stu Gleman first to quit (4 hrs) Loop 2 - 40 miles, cutoff 26:40 Alan Abbs 19:24:37 Brett Maune 19:24:38 Travis Wildeboer 20:27:51 Carl Laniak 20:27:55 Blake Wood 22:43:38 Nick Hollon 23:45:57 Henry Wakely 23:49:03, quit Byron Backer 23:49:04, quit Jon Barker 23:56:22 Joe Lea 23:56:23 James Demer 23:56:24 Dale Holdaway 26:31:55 Joe Decker quit at book 6 (top of Rat Jaw, 19 hrs) DeWayne Satterfield quit at book 6 (21:47) Robert Youngren quit at book 6 (21:47) Frozen Ed Furtaw quit at book 6 (26 hrs) Christian Mauduit could not find book 4 (26:38) Iso Yucra quit at book 3 (Stallion Mt, 18 hrs) Timothy Dines quit at book 3 (18 hrs) Hiram Rogers quit at book 3 (18 hrs) Chip Tuthill quit at book 3 (18 hrs) Carl Asker quit at book 2 (Garden Spot, 18:18) Bill Goodwine quit at book 1 (Phillips Creek, 16:40) Kent Moeller quit at book 1 (16:40) Sue Thompson quit at book 1 (18:20) Paul Lefelholcz quit at book 1 (18:20) Loop 3 - 60 miles, cutoff 40:00 for fun run, 36:00 to continue Brett Maune 31:51:28 Alan Abbs 34:04:46, quit Carl Laniak 35:33:38 Travis Wildeboer 36:22:23, over cutoff for 100 Blake Wood 39:37:32, over cutoff for 100 Nick Hollon 39:39:18, over cutoff for 100 James Demer 39:39:19, over cutoff for 100 Jon Barker 39:39:20, over cutoff for 100 Joe Lea 39:39:21, over cutoff for 100 Dale Holdaway quit within a few minutes Loop 4 - 80 miles, cutoff 48:00 Brett Maune 43:12:00 Carl Laniak quit at top of Rat Jaw (44:19) Loop 5 - 100 miles, cutoff 60:00 Brett Maune 57:13:33

Completed loop times within the cutoff are official. Times in (parenthesis) are unofficial and shown for entertainment purposes only. Unofficial partial loop times are shown for when the runner returned to camp and the suffering ended, not when they actually decided to quit, which was usually several hours earlier.

Report by Brett Maune

Article in Metro Pulse

Photos by Keith Dunn

Photos by Naresh KN in camp

Report by Blake Wood, fun run.

Photos by Joe Kowalski (also on facebook)

Report by Carl Laniak 43 hour DNF.

Race director's report.

Robert Youngren's story of failure

Jason Barringer's report of complete and utter failure

Report by Charles Raffensperger, Dig deep, and then dig some more

Report by Christian Mauduit, yet another Barkley (failure) report

Article by Michiel Panhuysen (in Dutch, for a magazine for pot smokers) in English

Report by Howie Stern

Report by Allan Holtz with photos

Report by James Demer

Alan Abbs epic story of failure

Report by Paul Lefelhocz

Report by Marco Cych (in German)

Report by Frozen Ed Furtaw with photo of Johnathan Basham and Brett Maune

Radio Netherlands interview with laz and Frozen Ed (21 min)



2010 Results

Race began Mar. 27, 2010 at 7:13 AM (EDT). Official results:

loop 1 (20 miles, cutoff 13:20) 1 byron backer 8:15:28 2 carl laniac 8:24:17 3 jim nelson 8:28:27 4 jonathan basham 8:50:48 5 jason poole 8:50:49 6 andrew thompson 8:50:50 7 alan abs 8:50:51 8 charlie engle 9:27:05 9 michael popov 9:27:06 10 blake wood 9:30:51 11 dewayne satterfield 9:44:19 12 greg eason 10:44:54 13 matt kirk 10:48:35 14 bill goodwine 10:48:37 15 hiram rogers 10:48:38 16 mike dobies 10:50:47 17 ed furtaw 10:55:16 18 chip tuthill 11:39:59 19 zane smith 12:16:19 20 julian jamison 12:16:43 21 christian griffith 12:24:42 22 john lacroix 12:25:31 23 dave henn 12:47:42 24 steve durbin 12:47:43 25 wouter hammelink 12:47:54 26 elise harrington 12:47:55 27 merianne brittain 12:47:56 loop 2 (40 miles, cutoff 26:40) 1 jim nelson 20:29:00 2 jonathan basham 20:29:01 3 carl laniac 20:45:15 4 andrew thompson 21:05:24 5 jason poole 21:05:28 6 alan abs 21:06:08 7 blake wood 21:06:33 8 charlie engle 21:06:35 9 byron backer 21:42:19 10 michael popov 24:54:17 (18 starters) loop 3 (60 miles, cutoff 36:00 to continue, 40:00 for fun run) 1 jonathan basham 32:24:37 2 andrew thompson 37:16:01 3 alan abs 38:43:41 (9 starters) loop 4 (80 miles, cutoff 48:00) 1 jonathan basham 46:55:14 loop 5 (100 miles, cutoff 60:00) 1 jonathan basham 59:18:44

Results including partial loops

Report by Charlie Engle in Runner's World with video

Article in Runner's World

Photos and report by Matt Mahoney

Report and podcast by Jonathan Basham

Report by laz

Report and photos by Alan Abbs

Report and photos by Sherpa John Lacroix

Report and photos by Christian Griffith

Photos by Spyder (Sarah) Tynes

Photos by Ray Smith (Zane Smith's dad)

Photos and video (JB climbing Rat Jaw) by Wouter Hamelinck

Report by Carl Laniak

Report (on facebook) by Mark Swanson

Live results on twitter

Video of the bad thing by Mark Swanson

Article in the Oak Ridger

Article in Ultrafondus (in French)

Article by Leslie Jamison in Believer Magazine



More videos by Wouter Hamelinck

Weather: 30's to 60's F and sunny for loop 1, clear becoming overcast for loop 2, rain and windy, 40's on loop 3, overcast and 40's to 50's on loops 4-5.

2009 Results

Race began Apr. 4 at 10:53 AM (EDT). Unofficial results by "PCTR Ultra" on the ultra list. Loop 5 results by "Wendall".

Loop 1: 1. Byron Backer 8:23:39 2. Andrew Thompson 8:28:49 3. Cark Laniak 8:28:51 4. Jim Harris 8:36:28 5. DeWayne Satterfield 8:36:30 6. Mike Dobies 8:41:37 7. Pat Costigan 8:42:40 8. Bob Jones 8:43:30 9. Wendell Doman 9:15:08 10. Jon Barker 9:29:35 11. Bill Losey 9:31:52 12. Mike Bur 9:55:13 13. Mark Williams 9:58:39 14. Chip Tuthill 10:09:54 15. Hiram Rogers 10:23:53 16. Steve Durbin 10:29:30 17. Carl Asker 10:29:35 18. Ed Furtaw 10:29:37 19. Paul Melzer 11:06:55 20. John Dewalt 11:27:37 21. Allan Holtz 11:32:39 22. Leonard Martin 11:32:42 23. Danger Dave 11:33:07 24. Jason Barringer 11:33:15 25. Robert Andrulis 11:34:05 26. Joel Storrow 11:36:01 27. Kevin Dorsey 11:50:40 35 starters Loop 2: 1. Andrew Thompson 19:51:44 2. Byron Backer 20:13:01 3. Jim Harris 22:08:48 4. DeWayne Satterfield 22:12:37 5. Mike Dobies 23:34:95 6. Pat Costigan 24:29:33 7. Wendell Doman 24:45:35 8. Chip Tuthill 25:01:53 9. Hiram Rogers 25:12:00 10. Steve Durbin 25:19:10 11. Leonard Martin 26:37:44 Loop 3: 1. Andrew Thompson 30:51:33 2. DeWayne Satterfield 35:55:50 3. Byron Backer 37:40:39 Loop 4: 1. Andrew Thompson 44:58:12 Loop 5: 1. Andrew Thompson 57:37:19

2009 Race Highlights

Weather was good for 4 loops, 35 to 60 F with clear skies. Andrew Thompson faced a mix of rain, snow, and sleet on loop 5. He chose to run loop 5 backwards (counterclockwise).

John DeWalt, age 71, missed the 2 loop cutoff in about 31:32.

Allan Holtz missed the 2 loop cutoff in 29:50 after getting lost on Zip Line and Chimney Top, and his shoes fell apart.

Rita Barnes finished a loop in about 14 1/2 hours, missing the cutoff.

Alan Geraldi and John Price could not find book 10 at the bottom of Zip Line in the dark on loop 1, so they went downstream out to highway 62 and got a ride back to the park to face the bugler.

Marcia Rasmussen sprained her ankle after 2 miles and dropped 10 miles later at the top of Rat Jaw.

Mike O'Melia lost his map somewhere between books 1 and 2. He hung on to other runners until the top of Testicle Spectacle before heading back to camp.

Lora Mantelman (sacrificial virgin) made it about 5 miles in 18:55 spending the night on Squire Knob.

Report by Andrew Thompson. PS.

Report (with video) by Carl Asker.

Photos by Peter M. Jolles.

Photos by Daniel Fox.

Report (with photos) by Alan Geraldi.

Report by DeWayne Satterfield.

Report by Jason Barringer.

Report by Allan Holtz.

Report by Abi Meadows.

Photos by Joe Kowalski.

Photos by Paul Melzer.

Report by Joel Storrow.

Photos by Mike Bur.



2008 Results

Loop 1 1 Brian Robinson 7:07:43 2 Byron Backer 8:03:15 3 Jim Nelson 8:22:20 4 Greg Eason 8:52:23 5 Carl Laniak 8:52:25 6 Andrew Thompson 8:56:35 7 Jason Poole 9:03:09 8 Todd Holmes 9:03:10 9 Dewayne Satterfield 9:15:15 10 Michael Graz 9:05:15 11 Heather Graz 9:05:16 12 Blake Wood 9:11:52 13 Andras Low 9:11:53 14 Joe Decker 9:17:24 15 Jon Barker 9:17:25 16 Wendell Doman 9:33:00 17 Hiram Rogers 10:33:24 18 John Tyszkiewicz 11:09:58 19 Eugene Trahern 11:09:59 20 Ed Furtaw 11:18:19 21 Bill Goodwine 11:18:22 22 Andrew Hackett 11:19:45 23 Leonard Martin 11:19:55 24 Sue Thompson 11:27:11 25 John DeWalt 12:04:33 26 David Hughes 12:17:06 27 Matt Mahoney 12:17:06 35 Starters Loop 2 1 Brian Robinson 16:47:30 2 Jim Nelson 20:00:57 3 Byron Backer 21:53:37 4 Carl Laniak 22:14:44 5 Greg Eason 22:14:45 6 Andrew Thompson 22:14:55 7 Blake Wood 23:17:20 8 Jason Poole 23:19:46 9 Joe Decker 23:37:30 23 Starters Loop 3 1 Brian Robinson 29:56:49 2 Jim Nelson 33:42:34 3 Byron Backer 36:28:29 4 Blake Wood 36:52:27 5 Greg Eason 38:15:57 6 Carl Laniak 38:15:58 7 Andrew Thompson 38:15:59 7 Starters Loop 4 1 Brian Robinson 43:19:20 1 Starter Loop 5 1 Brian Robinson 55:42:27 (course record)

Knoxville News Sentinel article

Report by Brian Robinson (100 mile course record)

Report by Carl Laniak (3 loops)

Report by Joe Decker (2 loops)

Report by "Fatboy" Eugene Trahern with photos of course (1 1/4 loops)

Report by Steve Durban (1 loop in 17:23)

Report by Rich Limacher (half a loop)

Photos of Brian Robinson's finish

Photos by John Tyszkiewicz

Photos (in camp) by Blake Wood

Photos and video by Joe Kowalski (Brian Robinson finish)

Photos by Andrew Hackett



2007 Results

Loop 1 1 Brian Robinson 8:17:35 2 Andras Low 8:39:35 3 Andrew Thompson 8:39:48 4 Mike Dobies 8:40:37 5 Greg Eason 8:40:40 6 Jim Nelson 8:42:47 7 David Horton 8:53:12 8 Bill Losey 9:04:20 9 Wendell Doman 9:10:38 10 Dave Henn 10:22:39 11 Art Fisher 10:22:40 12 Milan Milanovich 10:37:02 13 Mike Bur 10:40:46 14 Pat Costigan 10:40:55 15 Ed Furtaw 10:48:47 16 De Wayne Satterfield 10:54:39 17 Chip Tuthill 11:24:05 18 Sue Thompson 11:34:49 19 John DeWalt 11:35:10 20 Mark Shipley 11:51:22 21 Hiram Rogers 11:51:25 22 Leonard Martin 12:18:07 23 David Hughes 12:33:32 35 Starters Loop 2 1 Brian Robinson 18:15:47 2 Mike Dobies 20:32:14 3 Greg Eason 20:32:16 4 Andras Low 20:32:17 5 Andrew Thompson 22:20:35 6 Jim Nelson 22:25:20 7 Wendell Doman 24:35:13 8 Pat Costigan 26:31:32 15 starters Loop 3 1 Brian Robinson 31:21:31 2 Mike Dobies 34:16:19 3 Greg Eason 34:16:20 4 Andras Low 34:16:21 5 starters (+ Costigan) Loop 4 1 Brian Robinson 47:49:43 3 starters (+ Dobies, Eason) Loop 5 no finishers.

Washington Post article, Apr. 29, 2007.

The SCREW results by laz.

Interactive panorama of Andras Low at the Garden Spot on loop 3 (Washington Post).

Korányi Balázs skewered his knee on a branch down to the bone before reaching the first book. Photo (you have been warned).

David Harper finished 1 loop over the 13:20 cutoff in 15:08 after making a wrong turn on the firetower road (going to Coffin Springs and back), then getting all pages in 12:36, but taking a nap on top of Rough Ridge (about a mile from camp), waking up and going the wrong way back to the creek. Race report, photos and videos.

Allan Holtz also finished one loop over the cutoff in 16:10 (report), followed by Steve Durbin (report) and Stu Gleman (who took the photos of Steve) in 17:31.

The Troubadour (Rich Limacher, infamous proprietor of the Limacher Hilton) made 7 out of 10 books on the first loop. Report.

Paul Melzer was hoping for maybe a fun run but also quit after 7 books on the first loop. Report and photos.

Pete Ireland (report) and John Price made 6 books in 9:20, or 12 miles and 6260 ft of climb at 46:00/mile pace, then hitchhiked back. Altogether 8 runners did not finish the first loop.

Why I failed by Joe Kowalski.

Photos by Mike Bur (campsite and first loop).

Photos by Jean Gauger (sent to me by Hiram Rogers).

Unfortunately I (Matt Mahoney) did not run it this year after 11 attempts, yet to finish loop 2 on time.

2006 Results

Loop 1 (20 miles): 1) Jim Nelson UT 9:26:46 2) Nick Gracie ENG 9:27:20 3) Brian Robinson CA 9:29:21 4) Todd Holmes CO 9:55:40 5) Craig Wilson ME 10:10:08 6) Sue Johnston VT 10:10:27 7) Mike Dobies MI 10:14:25 8) Greg Eason AR 10:32:05 9) Mike Bur MD 11:47:06 10) Pat Costigan MI 11:47:13 11) Wendell Doman CA 11:56:54 12) Frozen Ed Furtaw CO 11:58:49 13) Bill Losey OH 12:03:24 14) John DeWalt PA 12:03:30 15) Chip Tuthill CT 12:17:38 16) Sue Thompson MI 12:17:40 17) Hiram Rogers 12:29:05 18) Mark Shipley 12:29:07 19) Scott Gala MI 12:29:15 20) Andrew Hackett GA 12:38:49 21) Elise Harrington CO 12:38:51 22) Leonard Martin TN 12:53:19 ----33 starters Loop 2 (40 miles) 1) Nick Gracie ENG 24:34:14 2) Brian Robinson CA 24:38:12 3) Craig Wilson ME 24:56:23 4) Greg Eason AR 25:06:24 5) Mike Dobies MI 25:17:07 ----16 starters Loop 3 (60 miles) ----4 starters

Results and report by laz

Photos and story by Matt Mahoney

Report and photos by Allan Holtz

Report by Flyin' Brian Robinson (who with Nick Gracie was 7 1/2 minutes late for a fun run finish)

So Much Blood on my Watch by the Troubador (Rich Limacher)

Report by Sue Johnston (Hardrock winner, who made 3.5 laps in 2001 but only 1 lap this year)

Report by Dan Baglione (age 75 speed record of 2 miles in 32 hours)

Newspaper story

MSN news story

Photos by Andrew Hackett (in camp)



2005 Results

Loop 1 Name St Time 1 Mike Bur MD 9:12:48 2 Jim Nelson UT 9:16:58 3 Andrew Thompson NH 9:21:06 4 Todd Holmes CO 9:33:54 5 Craig Wilson ME 10:23:10 6 Mike Tilden CA 10:59:02 7 Davy Henn 11:13:37 8 Wendell Doman CA 11:27:55 9 Mark Dorion TX 11:38:15 10 Chip Tuthill CT 11:50:28 11 Kerry Trammell 11:59:39 12 Joe Kowalski OH 12:08:21 13 John Dewalt PA 12:09:15 14 Elise Harrington CO 12:09:51 15 Leonard Martin 12:19:00 16 Hiram Rogers 13:10:52 17 Mark Shipley 13:11:05 18 Matt Mahoney FL 13:14:27 33 Starters Loop 2 1 Nelson 21:37:07 2 Thompson 21:37:37 3 Holmes 24:04:53 4 Bur 24:32:23 9 Starters Loop 3 1 Nelson 32:48:53 2 Thompson 32:48:57 3 Starters Loop 4 1 Thompson 47:26:59 2 Starters Loop 5 1 Starter

Photos and report by Matt Mahoney

Report and Concepts for Success by Andrew Thompson

Report by the Troubadour, Rich Limacher

Report by Mark Dorion

Photos by Liam Douglass

Photos by Wendell Doman

Report by Dan Baglione



2004 Results

Apr. 3. 100 Mile 1) Mike Tilden (UT) 57:25:18 2) Jim Nelson (UT) 57:28:25 Fun Run (60 mi) 1) David Horton (VA) 30:57:09 2) Mike Tilden (UT) 31:37:38 3) Jim Nelson (UT) 31:37:57 4) Andrew Thompson (NH) 36:19:21 5) Jason Poole (CO) 36:19:22 6) Todd Holmes (CO) 36:19:23 7) Craig Wilson (ME) 36:19:24 32 starters

2003 Results

Mar. 29-31 100 miles Cave Dog (Ted Keizer) 56:57:52 (Course Record) 60 mile fun run Cave Dog 32:44:59 Mike Tilden 35:04:47 Jim Nelson 35:05:16 33 starters 25 finished loop 1 14 started loop 2 3 finished loops 2 and 3 1 finihsed loops 4 and 5

The course was changed to replace 2 miles of easy, flat dirt road between Coffin Springs and Leonard's Butt Slide with a climb over Stallion Mountain, adding 400 ft. of climb per loop. Total climb is 52,900 feet.

Weather: Saturday: 40's and rain at the start. Fog and low clouds during the day. 30's and rain in the evening, turning to snow, 2-4 inches at higher elevation. Sunday: 20's and snow flurries. Monday: sunny and warmer.

Photos and story by Matt Mahoney

Photos by Harrison Shull

History Making at the Barkley and The Funderful Blizzard of Froz by Rich Limacher

Report by Cave Dog

Report by Steve Simmons

Report and Photos by Joe Kowalski

The Barkley Diet by Julie Nelson



2001 Results

2001 Preliminary standings, distance achieved, no finish times.

2001 Unofficial results and report by Blake Wood

Report and photos by Steve Pero, who finished the "fun run" 8 minutes under the 40 hour cutoff.

Photos by Steve Simmons.

Report by Matt Mahoney, who finished two loops in 29 hours, missing the 26:40 cutoff.

Report by Joe Prusaitis, who dropped out during the second loop when the weather started turning bad (rain and sleet in the middle of the night).

Song and dance by Rich Limacher, who tried to quit after 7 of 9 pages when it got dark, and ended up spending the night in the woods with Norm Carlson huddled under some rocks, taking 22 hours to go less than 20 miles.

Poem by Chaennnon Lyons, the designated sacrificial virgin, who retrieved 2 pages, then decided the quickest way back to camp would be to leave the park and run 30 miles around on the paved roads.

Photos by Steve Pero.

Past results and reports by Matt Mahoney

2000 Results 4.5 loop report by Blake Wood

1999 Results

1998 Results

1997 Results

1996 Results

1995 Results



Race History

The Barkley was started in 1986 as a 50 mile race, but there were no finishers until 1988. The following year, Rat Jaw was added, bringing the distance to 55 miles and 27.000 ft climb for 3 loops, with a 36 hour cutoff. A 110 mile, 6 loop course was added with a 50 hour cutoff. Nobody ever finished the 110 miler.

In 1995, the course was changed to a 20 mile loop by the addition of Zip Line and Big Hell. The fun run was lengthened to 60 miles (3 loops) with 30,000 ft of climb and a 40 hour cutoff. The 110 miler was replaced by a 5 loop, 100 mile course with 50,000 ft of climb and 60 hour cutoff. That was the year that Mark Williams finished in 59:28.

In 1996, the rules were changed so that loops 3 and 4 were run in the reverse direction, and on loop 5 you had your choice. The first person to make that choice was Blake Wood in 2000, and he chose the forward direction. However his progress was blocked at 90 miles by the New River, which had become a raging torrent after 2 days of steady, hard rain.

In 2001, the "hump" was added, bypassing 1/2 mile of easy trail with an additional 240 ft. climb along a ridge north of Mart Fields. Thus, the fun run was increased to 30,720 ft. climb, and the 100 miler increased to 51,200 ft climb. Cutoffs remained the same. Nevertheless, Blake Wood and David Horton finished the 100, this time completing loop 5 in the reverse direction.

There was no race in 2002 due to temporary closure of Frozen Head State Park. The park is now reopened.

1995 historical account by "Frozen Ed" Furtaw.

Entry Information

For entry information, contact the race director at the address from this 1995 entry form. (Note: he has since moved, but it's a small town and maybe they will forward it). Entries are limited to 35 and generally fill up that day. Of the 200 or so that didn't get in, those deemed worthy will be put on a weight list that is periodically updated as people come to their senses.

The race is held in late March or early April. The exact date will be sent with confirmation of your entry. The exact start time will be announced 1 hour before the start at the Frozen Head campground by the sound of a conch shell. You will need to write an essay on Why I should be allowed to run the Barkley. Here is my 2003 essay.

For more information (or maybe not) on how to enter, you could try reading the book.

Links

Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com