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Participants must complete five loops through treacherous, unmarked terrain with elevation gains equivalent to climbing Mount Everest twice. To prove they followed the route, they must find hidden books in the woods and tear out pages corresponding to their bib numbers. Why Subject Yourself to This?

In the dense, unforgiving woods of Tennessee’s Frozen Head State Park, a conch shell bellows into the damp air at an ungodly hour. One hour later, an eccentric man named Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell lights a single cigarette. This is not the start of a typical race—it is the beginning of the , a 100-mile odyssey designed specifically to ensure that almost everyone who enters will fail. A Legacy of Failure subtitle The.Barkley.Marathons.The.Race.That.Ea...

In the documentary The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young , directors Annika Iltis and Timothy Kane pull back the curtain on this secretive event. In its first 25 years of existence, only 10 people managed to finish. The Absurd Logistics In the dense, unforgiving woods of Tennessee’s Frozen

If accepted, you receive a "letter of condolences". The fee? Just $1.60. First-timers must also bring a license plate from their home state or country. A Legacy of Failure In the documentary The