Twelve hours into the 2022 Barkley Marathons (the time cutoff for the primary loop), 27 runners out of roughly 40 starters have made it again to camp and began loop two.
Three hours in, phrase was obtained in camp {that a} runner had dropped. 5 hours later, Ed Furtaw made it again to camp and was “tapped out” by the bugler. It was his twenty first try on the race, and his first since being handled for most cancers, in response to Barkley chronicler Keith Dunn. Furtaw authored a guide in regards to the Barkley Marathons entitled Tales From Out There, which was revealed in 2010.
The primary runners to complete loop one have been Karel Sabbe of Belgium, 2017 finisher John Kelly of USA, Albert Casas of Spain and Michel Dubova of USA. They got here into camp collectively, after eight hours and slightly below eight minutes. Kelly was the primary to start out loop two, after solely 10 minutes in camp. The opposite three started loop two shortly thereafter, by which era Courtney Dauwalter had arrived in camp.
Dauwalter was adopted, at intervals, by Thomas Dunkerbeck of the Netherlands (a Barkley virgin), Greig Hamilton of New Zealand, Harvey Lewis of the USA, and Furtaw, who dropped. Then Jasmin Paris of the U.Okay., Thomas Øderud of Norway, Aaron Bradner of USA, Paul Giblin of U.Okay., veteran Guillaume Calmettes of France, Tomokazu Ihara of Japan, Jodi Isenor of Canada, Alyssa Godesky of USA, Johanna Bygdell of Sweden, Ian Farris of the USA and Anna Carlsson of Sweden, all of whom continued on to loop two.
Six extra runners accomplished loop one in slightly below the allotted 12 hours: Rémy Jegard of France, John Clarke of USA, Merijn Geerts of Belgium, Hinke Schokker of the Netherlands, Chris Roberts of USA and Enrico Frigeri of Brazil. At the very least 9 different runners have been nonetheless on the course however could be tapped out on their return, having missed the cutoff to start loop two.
There are roughly 40 starters yearly. They’ve 60 hours to complete 5 20-mile loops via steep and unforgiving terrain, whereas utilizing their orienteering abilities to navigate the course, which isn’t marked. GPS watches aren’t allowed; every runner is issued a Casio watch with little or no performance past protecting them apprised of how a lot time has handed. Runners should additionally acquire particular pages (similar to their bib quantity) from books hidden on the course; lacking pages imply automated disqualification. (Runners obtain new bibs firstly of every loop of the course.)
Although runners have 12 hours to finish every loop, taking into consideration climate, nighttime operating and gathered fatigue, those that take the complete 12 hours on the primary loop are unlikely to finish a enjoyable run (three loops in below 40 hours).
