Barkley 2008

Okay, you've already heard about ultramarathons, right? Well, Barkley is one of the toughest/craziest 100 milers on earth. It's so difficult that the people who attempt it can only be described as Mike O'Melia did the other day at the ULTRA mailing list:

A friend once told me that 10Kers think marathoners are nuts, and that marathoners think ultra runners are nuts and that ultra runners think Barkley runners are nuts. There is a pattern here, I can just feel it.

Such Barkley runner is Brian Robinson, who this year set a course record of 55:42 and who also became the 7th runner in the history of the race to finish it (from about 650 runners who have attempted it since 1986). Big congratulations to him!

For more details about the Barkley, go here.