![]() ![]() Ultimately, it wasn’t in the cards for Hamilton, who did not complete loop four in under 48 hours (the rule for being allowed to attempt loop five). Regarded as one of, if not the, toughest races in the world. Hamilton was moving well, but he had time to make up, arriving in camp after loop three almost three hours behind Sabbe. 16 January 2023 The Barkley Marathons has become the stuff of ultra-running folklore and excitement is already building about the start of the 2023 race a date which is of course shrouded in mystery. Hamilton, an orienteering expert, ran the early two loops with Big’s Backyard Ultra stars Courtney Dauwalter and Harvey Lewis, before going ahead of them at the end of the second loop (where Dauwalter and Lewis dropped after failing to find the seventh book). US ultrarunner John Kelly who also finished the race in 2017 was second in 58:42:23 and Belgian Karel Sabbe rounded out the podium, finishing with just six minutes to spare in 59:53:33. a normal road marathon competitively, maybe even train to finish a 50k ultra race. From left, Aurélien Sanchez, Karel Sabbe and John Kelly were the three who finished the 2023 Barkley Marathons. The local sheriff pulled Sabbe aside, escorting him back to camp, where his 2022 Barkleys attempt sadly came to an end. The Barkley Marathon is an endurance event of the body and the mind. Since 40 people are in each year, two finishers every five years is about. The fourth loop in the dark did him no favours, as he was found off-course in another town, chatting with a garbage can who he thought was a person (he’d been running for 40-plus hours at this point). The Barkley Marathons is an iconic, world-renowned event, and the subject of. Al menos, como nota positiva, la Fun Run de este año ha contado con cinco finishers. Sabbe was making good time, finishing three loops in just over 32 hours. The 2022 Barkley Marathons has come to an end after the last two competitors, Karel Sabbe and Greig Hamilton, bowed out on their fourth loop of the 20-plus mile course. This included a mix of Barkley veterans like Courtney Dauwalter, and 2017 and 15th-person ever Barkley finisher John Kelly and strong Barkley virgins like Big's Backyard record holder Harvey Lewis. ![]()
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