Person

Gary Cantrell

RunnerRace founder

Gary Cantrell, known as Lazarus Lake, has a background in marathon running and race creation. His American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame tribute describes his running history and credits him with developing the backyard-ultra format.

Running and race creation: Marathon-running background; backyard-ultra format creatorHall of Fame’s own tribute.Source

7 TUM reports · Published coverage below

Publication history

Coverage over time

7 editorial issues

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Jul 2024Peak 2Nov 2026

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In The Ultra Minute

Newest first

August 11, 2026Published in TUM

The Lazarus Lake documentary

TUM reported planned Chamonix screenings and Cantrell’s participation in discussions afterward.

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May 22, 2026Published in TUM

UltraRunning features Lazarus Lake and the backyard-ultra format

TUM highlighted an UltraRunning feature on Lazarus Lake, using Gary Cantrell in the same item to describe the origin of the backyard-ultra idea.

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April 25, 2025Published in TUM

Cantrell pauses the 2025 transcon walk

TUM reported Gary Cantrell pausing his trans-America walk during freezing rain and planning to resume later, citing Jared Beasley’s updates.

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April 9, 2025Published in TUM

Lake resumes the trans-America walk

Source reports resumed walk, continuing a prior-year effort.

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March 28, 2025Published 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.

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March 20, 2025Published in TUM

Barkley’s 2025 start follows Paris’s 2024 milestone

Signaled the start of Barkley 2025 on March 18 at 11:37 a.m., according to TUM.

Event date: March 18, 2025 · TUM publication: March 20, 2025

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October 22, 2024Published in TUM

England profiles Gary Cantrell

Was the subject of England’s profile; the source explicitly equates Gary Cantrell with Lazarus Lake.

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Connections

Featured in UltraRunning’s backyard-ultra article

UltraRunning

TUM linked an UltraRunning feature about Lazarus Lake, identified in the same item as Gary Cantrell, and how his no-finish-line idea developed into the backyard-ultra format.

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Dated coverage by Jared Beasley

Jared Beasley

TUM reported Lazarus Lake resuming his walk across America in Oklahoma, with updates from Jared Beasley.

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Barkley creator in the published account

Barkley Marathons

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.

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Subject of Yoest’s essay

Hannah Yoest

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.

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Sources & notes

Coverage details

April 2025 transcontinental walk: Paused the walk; planned a later restartApril 25 pause qualifies April 9resumption. The planned restart is not a current live position.Source

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Reported 2026-05-22

UltraRunning features Lazarus Lake and the backyard-ultra format

TUM highlighted an UltraRunning feature on Lazarus Lake, using Gary Cantrell in the same item to describe the origin of the backyard-ultra idea.

TUM · May 22, 2026

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Public background sources checked October 23, 2026. The selection contains 127 published issues.

American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame / Ultrarunning History Hall of Fame member class of 2023; publication timestamp unstated · Checked Oct 23, 2026

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Public background & sources Checked October 23, 2026

Career context from one original public source. TUM’s dated reporting appears below.

This is a limited career snapshot, checked October 23, 2026. Source publication dates and event dates are shown separately.

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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2026-08-11
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Public source linked by TUMraidlight.com · linked in 2026-08-11
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2026-05-22
Published article, 2026-05-22T04:14:25.716Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-23T01:32:51.614Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Public source linked by TUMultrarunning.com · linked in 2026-05-22
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-04-25
Published article, 2025-04-25T16:49:24.244Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-28T23:18:26.064Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Public source linked by TUMbsky.app · linked in 2025-04-25
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Public source linked by TUMbsky.app · linked in 2025-04-25
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Public source linked by TUMbsky.app · linked in 2025-04-25
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-04-09
Published article, 2025-04-09T14:49:53.810Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-28T23:18:25.986Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Public source linked by TUMx.com · linked in 2025-04-09
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-03-28
Published article, 2025-03-28T12:27:27.418Z. Public original captured at 2026-10-28T23:18:25.979Z and projected to reviewed article text; no publishing-repository text pin is claimed.
Public source linked by TUMopen.substack.com · linked in 2025-03-28
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Public source linked by TUMopen.substack.com · linked in 2025-03-28
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Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2025-03-20
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.
Published TUM issueThe Ultra Minute · 2024-10-22
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.
Public source linked by TUMrun.outsideonline.com · linked in 2024-10-22
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