Other runners like Amelia Boone, Gary Robbins, and Johan Steene were originally slated for the 2022 race, but dropped out due to injuries, moving on, and testing positive at the airport, respectively. RELATED: The Good, The Bad and the Barkley: What Went Down at Barkley 2022 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, 2017 Big’s champion Guillaume Calmettes, and Appalachian Trail FKT holder and Belgian dentist Karel Sabbe. An incredibly deep field was lined up to face the beast.
In August 2018, Sabbe broke Joe McConaughy’s speed record on the Appalachian Trail, having previously set a (supported) speed record on the Pacific Crest Trail McConaughy is racing the Barkley this year for the first time.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!įor the fifth year in a row, there were no finishers at the infamous Barkley Marathons. In 2022, Sabbe again attempted a fourth loop, but became disoriented from lack of sleep and wandered off the course, only to be returned to Frozen Head by local police. The highly decorated Belgian ultrarunner, who is a dentist in his other life, is making his third appearance at the Barkley in 2019, he completed three loops (but was not credited with a fun run, since he attempted a fourth loop). In 2019, Laz speculated that if any woman could finish the Barkley, Paris might be the one. Paris shocked the ultra world in 2019 when she smashed the overall course record at Britain’s Montane Spine Race, finishing in 83 hours, 12 minutes, 23 seconds–while also pumping breastmilk for her infant daughter. Paris made her Barkley debut in 2022, scoring a fun run (three loops in under 40 hours) she was the first woman fun runner since Bev Anderson-Abbs did it twice (20).
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