The movie is warm and endearing while offering a genuine fly-on-the-wall perspective of what many regard as the world’s toughest race. The Barkley Marathons documentary – The Race That Eats Its Young – does a brilliant job of capturing the uniquely crazy Barkley experience. After all, even entering the race is hard enough. Race Director Gary ‘Lazarus Lake’ Cantrell revels in its obscurity and the near impossible challenge the course presents to even the best runners. In an age when publicity and slick marketing have increasingly come to the fore in trail and ultra-running, the Barkley is unashamedly the opposite. Robbins is believed to be planning another attempt in 2020.The Barkley Marathons is an iconic yet elusive race like no other. In 2018, he crewed for Canadian Gary Robbins, who has attempted the race three times. (Kelly returned in 2019, but did not finish. The last person to finish the race was John Kelly, in 2017. John Kelly after loop three of Barkley in 2017 Runners can replenish their water stores at two locations, but otherwise there are no aid stations–they can meet their crews only between loops, back at camp in Wartburg, Tennessee’s Frozen Head State Park. Cheating is impossible, since runners must present specific pages torn from books hidden along the course, in order to start the next lap.
GPS are not allowed–Laz issues each racer an inexpensive watch that shows only the time, counting down from the 60-hour cutoff. It involves five laps of a 20-mile loop that many believe is significantly longer than 20 miles, along an unmarked course that changes slightly every year, with huge elevation gains and losses. The race is a notoriously difficult 100-miler, with a number of quirks that set it apart from any other race on Earth. RELATED: Laz Lake is planning another very long walk in 2021 Racer Nicky Spinks collecting her bib for Loop 2.
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