She was attempting to be the first woman ever to finish the Barkley. “I have a lot of pride in the fact that one woman out of seven people finished two loops,” Eaton said. She started a third loop, but returned to the yellow gate after deciding that the nighttime loop would have taken longer than the time limit.Įaton, 29, was the only woman among seven runners-male or female-who could even attempt a third loop.
Jennilyn Eaton, a mountain runner from Salt Lake City, covered the most ground by finishing two loops. “It’s really interesting how you can adapt and figure out creative ways with to sort of augment faulty legs.”Įight women were selected for this year’s field, and four completed one loop.
“I really couldn’t go downhill the last 20 hours,” Campbell said at a yellow gate that acts as the finish line at the park’s Big Cove Campground. RELATED: See photos from the Barkley Marathons The last time someone crossed the Barkley Marathon finish line was seven years ago.Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play Participants will be busy for the next few days. The best way to follow updates about the race is through the hashtag #bm100 on Twitter. The world-famous marathon, for which participants pay only the amount of one dollar, takes place annually at Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee, America. If you don’t make that cut-off, you will be eliminated from the race. Not only the distance and the inhospitable area make the Barkley Marathon a real torture for participants, but also the fact that you have to start the next loop (32km) every twelve hours. Participants cover 160 kilometers over five loops, through inhospitable terrain and with a basically countless amount of altimeters. It is considered the most brutal ultrarun in the world, and that is not surprising in the past 35 years there have only been 15 finishers and furthermore all participants in the Barkley Marathon dropped out early.
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