King’s Barkley debut ends early
The issue reported Max King stopping after a meniscus injury two hours into his Barkley debut and quoted his hope to return.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 28, 2025
Race
The Barkley Marathons is a mountain ultrarunning race at Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee. Completing its three-loop Fun Run is distinct from finishing the five-loop race.
11 TUM reports · Published coverage below
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5 editorial issues
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Monthly editorial issue counts: Jul 2024: 0; Aug 2024: 0; Sep 2024: 0; Oct 2024: 1; Nov 2024: 1; Dec 2024: 1; Jan 2025: 0; Feb 2025: 0; Mar 2025: 2; Apr 2025: 0; May 2025: 0; Jun 2025: 0; Jul 2025: 0; Aug 2025: 0; Sep 2025: 0; Oct 2025: 0; Nov 2025: 0; Dec 2025: 0; Jan 2026: 0; Feb 2026: 0; Mar 2026: 0; Apr 2026: 0; May 2026: 0; Jun 2026: 0; Jul 2026: 0; Aug 2026: 0; Sep 2026: 0; Oct 2026: 0; Nov 2026: 0.
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The issue reported Max King stopping after a meniscus injury two hours into his Barkley debut and quoted his hope to return.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 28, 2025
John Kelly shared details of the difficult three-loop Fun Run, including hydration trouble, wildlife encounters and gear problems.
Singletrack released coverage of Barkley 2025 alongside The Finisher, about Jasmin Paris’s historic 2024 performance, and a Gary Robbins interview about her final 2024 loop.
Jeff Pelletier interviewed filmmaker Drew Darby, whose recent running-documentary work included The Finisher, about Jasmin Paris’s historic Barkley finish.
Hannah Yoest’s Meet Your Heroes essay reflected on Barkley creator Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell and briefly joining his 2024 walk across America in northern Virginia.
TUM recalled Jasmin Paris becoming Barkley’s first woman finisher in 2024, then reported Lazarus Lake starting the 2025 race on March 18 at 11:37 a.m. Forty runners set off; ten remained after loop one and four after loop two.
John Kelly earned the 2025 Barkley’s lone three-loop Fun Run in 39:50:27. Sébastien Raichon arrived before the cutoff but missed pages and was tapped out; Tomokazu Ihara was still on course when this passage was reported.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 20, 2025
TUM reported no five-loop finishers at Barkley 2025 and recommended iRunFar’s coverage and Keith Dunn’s posts on Bluesky and X.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 20, 2025
TUM highlighted David Miller’s Barkley photo book and daily monochrome photographs, opening with a TDS image. The article and retained source-card destination do not confer reuse rights or establish the depicted runner’s identity.
TUM highlighted sports photographer David Miller’s black-and-white book about the 2024 Barkley Marathons, including Jasmin Paris’s first women’s finish. A possibly available signed paperback is a dated sales observation; no current availability or image-reuse rights are asserted.
Event date: 2024 · TUM publication: November 27, 2024
The issue relinked the previous week’s report of no five-loop Barkley finishers and John Kelly’s lone three-loop Fun Run.
Event date: 2025 · TUM publication: March 28, 2025
2025 stopped debut
The issue reported Max King stopping after a meniscus injury two hours into his Barkley debut and quoted his hope to return.
Source2025 three-loop Fun Run
John Kelly shared details of the difficult three-loop Fun Run, including hydration trouble, wildlife encounters and gear problems.
SourceCreator named in coverage
Hannah Yoest’s Meet Your Heroes essay reflected on Barkley creator Gary “Lazarus Lake” Cantrell and briefly joining his 2024 walk across America in northern Virginia.
SourceFirst woman finisher in 2024
TUM recalled Jasmin Paris becoming Barkley’s first woman finisher in 2024, then reported Lazarus Lake starting the 2025 race on March 18 at 11:37 a.m. Forty runners set off; ten remained after loop one and four after loop two.
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Published article, 2025-03-20T15:01:36.632Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-28T23:18:26.052Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
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Published article, 2024-12-18T13:31:11.287Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T08:39:44.902Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
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Published article, 2024-11-27T22:16:32.288Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T08:39:44.973Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
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Published article, 2024-10-22T21:38:47.082Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-30T10:54:29.263Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
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