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There is no website. Potential runners must figure out how to find the "correct" email address and submit a "Why I should be allowed to run" essay.

Everything about the Barkley is designed to be difficult, from the application process to the course itself: subtitle The.Barkley.Marathons.The.Race.That.Ea...

As the film suggests, the Barkley is more than a race—it's a "satanic running adventure" that asks a simple, terrifying question: How far are you truly prepared to push yourself? There is no website

The race was born from a mockery. In 1977, James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from the nearby Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Despite being on the run for 55 hours, he managed to cover only eight miles before being captured. Hearing this, Lazarus Lake reportedly joked that he could do at least 100 miles in that time. Thus, a "cult-like" tradition was born. The race was born from a mockery

Participants must complete five loops through treacherous, unmarked terrain with elevation gains equivalent to climbing Mount Everest twice. To prove they followed the route, they must find hidden books in the woods and tear out pages corresponding to their bib numbers. Why Subject Yourself to This?