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All hail the mighty FSM!
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I like this one, too, from today.
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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/
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stanky wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:44 pm 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?
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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
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stanky wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:44 pm 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
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Great petroglyph site near St George, Utah...

https://www.roadtripryan.com/go/t/utah/ ... etroglyphs
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Admin wrote: Mon Apr 10, 2023 10:05 am
stanky wrote: Sun Apr 09, 2023 7:44 pm 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.
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