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Barkley Marathons

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

Publication history

Coverage over time

5 editorial issues

Distinct issues per publication month. Each issue counts once.

Barkley Marathons — monthly TUM coverageFrom Jul 2024 through Nov 2026. Highest month: 2 issues. Exact counts are provided in the accessible chart description.Jul 2024: 0 editorial issuesAug 2024: 0 editorial issuesSep 2024: 0 editorial issuesOct 2024: 1 editorial issueNov 2024: 1 editorial issueDec 2024: 1 editorial issueJan 2025: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2025: 0 editorial issuesMar 2025: 2 editorial issuesApr 2025: 0 editorial issuesMay 2025: 0 editorial issuesJun 2025: 0 editorial issuesJul 2025: 0 editorial issuesAug 2025: 0 editorial issuesSep 2025: 0 editorial issuesOct 2025: 0 editorial issuesNov 2025: 0 editorial issuesDec 2025: 0 editorial issuesJan 2026: 0 editorial issuesFeb 2026: 0 editorial issuesMar 2026: 0 editorial issuesApr 2026: 0 editorial issuesMay 2026: 0 editorial issuesJun 2026: 0 editorial issuesJul 2026: 0 editorial issuesAug 2026: 0 editorial issuesSep 2026: 0 editorial issuesOct 2026: 0 editorial issuesNov 2026: 0 editorial issues
Jul 2024Peak 2Nov 2026

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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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

Published in TUM

Kelly recounts his three-loop Barkley Fun Run

John Kelly shared details of the difficult three-loop Fun Run, including hydration trouble, wildlife encounters and gear problems.

Published in TUM

Singletrack’s Barkley films and Robbins interview

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.

Published in TUM

Pelletier interviews filmmaker Darby

Jeff Pelletier interviewed filmmaker Drew Darby, whose recent running-documentary work included The Finisher, about Jasmin Paris’s historic Barkley finish.

Published in TUM

Yoest’s walk with Lazarus Lake

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.

Published in TUM

Barkley’s 2025 start follows Paris’s 2024 milestone

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.

Published in TUM

Kelly earns the lone three-loop Fun Run

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

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No 2025 Barkley finishers; Dunn coverage linked

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

Published in TUM

Miller’s year-end photo series

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.

Published in TUM

Miller’s 2024 Barkley photography book

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

Earlier coverage (1)
Published in TUM

England profiles Gary Cantrell

Was a topic of England’s Gary Cantrell profile.

Repeated links & other mentions (1)
Repeated link

The earlier Barkley report, linked again

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

Connections

2025 stopped debut

Max King

The issue reported Max King stopping after a meniscus injury two hours into his Barkley debut and quoted his hope to return.

Source

2025 three-loop Fun Run

John Kelly

John Kelly shared details of the difficult three-loop Fun Run, including hydration trouble, wildlife encounters and gear problems.

Source

Creator named in coverage

Gary Cantrell

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.

Source

First woman finisher in 2024

Jasmin Paris

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.

Source
Sources & notes

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Public background sources checked October 29, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

  • RUN247 / Tomos Land Original John Kelly interview updated March 13, 2023; exact time unknown · Checked Oct 29, 2026

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