Three years ago I started asking people about a race in the woods of eastern Tennessee that almost nobody finishes.

I couldn't stop.

In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway.

I went to find out why.

The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks.

Episode One: "I Discovered It"
Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible"
Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"

Link in bio.

#TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100

Show Notes

Three years ago I started asking people about a race in the woods of eastern Tennessee that almost nobody finishes.


I couldn't stop.


In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway.


I went to find out why.


The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks.


Episode One: "I Discovered It"

Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible"

Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"


Link in bio.


#TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100


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