This film is about a man who desperately wants to finish the race. I first came across the Barkley Marathons when I stumbled upon a short film on YouTube by the Ginger Runner, 'Where Dreams Go To Die'. More people finished what is considered the 'fun run' of three loops. So naturally, in the time span of the book, only 8 people finished the race. In order to win, you need to complete five loops. From each book you need to collect a page to bring back to the starting point. In loops of 20-25 miles you need to navigate yourself to 12 hidden books. The Barkley Marathons are considered to be the world's hardest endurance running races.

Reading this book is an exercise in self-control and a true test of your willpower to not throw away something you have in your hands, just because it stopped making sense to you a long time back. It has a lot of information that might come in handy in terms of preparednessĢ. If you are planning on attempting the 'Barkley Marathons', this book is highly recommended:ġ. Gary 'Lazarus Lake' Cantrell and his race, 'The Barkley Marathons' create such a subject matter that even the most poorly written content seems interesting.

While the writer did a poor job for most of the book(barring the route maps and calculations which he goes on to repeat 20 times in the course of the book), the subject matter of the book saves it. The last 2 chapters(2008, 2009) were written in a different tone than the rest of the of the book.īut somehow, in some weird way, this was a book full of good stories, albeit poorly told. The formatting was all off, the author forgot to do a spellcheck and it looked like he simply printed a huge MS Word file on to 215 pages and published it.Īnd even the content in itself was repetitive, like an engineering student trying to fill up his assignment with additional words.

I'll be frank, this was probably the worst written books I have ever read.

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