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[Admin]

All hail the mighty FSM!

[President Bush]

I like this one, too, from today.

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[stanky]

The Barkley Marathons recently happened again. It's an awful foot race in the Cumberland Mountains, that draws ultra-marathoners from around the globe. In 25 years, only 17 runners have completed the race. No prizes; anti-publicity; it's a bit of a freak show. Here's more:
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-plac ... thons-faq/

[President Bush]

The Barkley Marathons recently happened again. It's an awful foot race in the Cumberland Mountains, that draws ultra-marathoners from around the globe. In 25 years, only 17 runners have completed the race. No prizes; anti-publicity; it's a bit of a freak show. Here's more:
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-plac ... thons-faq/

paywalled on that, found this, though...

https://marathonhandbook.com/the-barkley-marathons/

Have you ever seen anybody participating?

[President Bush]

My sister, who's a couple years older than me, is a marathon runner. Though she's not an ultra-marathon runner she has been somewhat possessed to run almost every marathon possible, including Antarctica.

I sent her the link above, found this, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQmoxlUy33A

[Admin]

The Barkley Marathons recently happened again. It's an awful foot race in the Cumberland Mountains, that draws ultra-marathoners from around the globe. In 25 years, only 17 runners have completed the race. No prizes; anti-publicity; it's a bit of a freak show. Here's more:
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-plac ... thons-faq/

Sounds a bit like this one that was run here the other day: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-spo ... nding-race

[President Bush]

Great petroglyph site near St George, Utah...

https://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/ ... etroglyphs

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[stanky]

The Barkley Marathons recently happened again. It's an awful foot race in the Cumberland Mountains, that draws ultra-marathoners from around the globe. In 25 years, only 17 runners have completed the race. No prizes; anti-publicity; it's a bit of a freak show. Here's more:
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-plac ... thons-faq/

Sounds a bit like this one that was run here the other day: https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-spo ... nding-race

that's sadistic! The article refers to the Barkley Marathons and where they got the twisted idea for 'last man standing' style.

[grayman]

For sparks:

https://nationaltoday.com/world-red-head-day/

[Admin]

Nice touch.

A World redhead Day? Count me in - I've been married to two of them.