Cantrell said to himself, 'I could do at least 100 miles,' mocking Ray's low mileage. Ray covered only about 12 miles (19 km) after running 54.5 hours in the woods hiding from air searches during the day. The idea for the race was inspired upon hearing about the 1977 escape of James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., from nearby Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. The Barkley course was the brain child of Gary ' Lazarus Lake' Cantrell and Karl Henn (Raw Dog). The race is limited to a 60-hour period from the start of the first loop, and takes place in March or early April of each year. The course, which varies from year to year, consists of five loops of the 20+ mile, off-trail course for a total of 100 miles (160 km). The Barkley Marathons is an ultramarathon trail race held each year in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County, Tennessee. Lakewood's Wanderings and Scribbles.Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee, U.S.Well thanks to Greater Rochester Track Club, Tim and John gave us a view behind the curtain. Tim has finished races like Arrowhead 135, Badwater, And Massanutten Mountain and yet was portrayed as 'the human sacrifice' in the movie. John is one of the races only 15 finishers. Tim Hardy and John Fegyveresi both ran the race in 2012. In fact, 6 they have 6 attempts between the two of them! What you may not know is that we have two people from the Rochester Area that have run Barkley. And if you are a silly person, you might even be thinking that you DO want to run Barkley someday. You may have heard of a little Netflix documentary called 'Barkley, the Race that eats its young' and if you are a trail or ultra runner, you may have even been asked if you ever ran or want to run Barkley.

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