They got 4 loops done... lets see if they both start the 5th. It is gonna be super tight to make the cutoff with that beast of a course this year. They got 13:30 left. Fastest loop 5 ever was a 12:45.
Given that this is NOT a fast course this year (Barkley wanted to make sure there were no more low 50 hrs completions), this is gonna be a nail biter.
John Kelly has started loop 5 CW, Gary Robins 10 min behind CCW.
Gotta catch some sleep and be following in 13 hrs.
This was a great read from a guy that participated last year (Gary Robbins). I'm surprised he was able to recount anything at all about that last lap. Talk about a descent into madness! I'm definitely rooting for him this year.
And, you know, because I was curious - according to Wikipedia, the best female runner only completed 66 miles (so a little ways into the fourth loop). I wonder if a woman will ever finish this race...
I've seen the Netflix video, and just took around 30 minutes reading that race report - wow! I can't imagine even doing one of those loops, let alone attempting even two.
Given that this is NOT a fast course this year (Barkley wanted to make sure there were no more low 50 hrs completions), this is gonna be a nail biter.
John Kelly has started loop 5 CW, Gary Robins 10 min behind CCW.
Gotta catch some sleep and be following in 13 hrs.
natethomas wrote:
kells wrote:
This race is so cool. I wish they had live updates but of course that goes against the spirit of Barkley. This was a great read from a guy that participated last year (Gary Robbins). I'm surprised he was able to recount anything at all about that last lap. Talk about a descent into madness! I'm definitely rooting for him this year.
And, you know, because I was curious - according to Wikipedia, the best female runner only completed 66 miles (so a little ways into the fourth loop). I wonder if a woman will ever finish this race...
I've seen the Netflix video, and just took around 30 minutes reading that race report - wow! I can't imagine even doing one of those loops, let alone attempting even two.
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