


The entrance fee includes bringing a license plate from your home state/country. Runners are given the course directions the day before the race and aren't told when the race exactly starts.

Those seeking entry must submit an essay. For the 2018 race, 1,300 runners applied and only 40 selected. It is a mystery how to enter, It has no course map or entrants list is published online. The Barkley is an event with a mysterious lore. It is held in and near Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, with a distance of more than 100 miles. The Barkley Marathons, with its historic low finish rate (only 15 runners in 30 years), is perhaps the most difficult ultramarathon trail race in the world. Get my new best-selling book about the history of crossing the Grand Canyon About Ep 19: Barkley Marathons – The Birth Episodeīoth a podcast episode and a full article
