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Barkley Marathon - Nicky Spinks and Jasmin Paris

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AuntieStella · 15/03/2023 08:13

They are among the 5 England competitors, the third woman is Katie Wright and the men are Damian Hall are Tom Hollins

24 competitors this year.

Keith is doing a brilliant commentary on Twitter (@ KeithDunn) Seven runners didn't make the cut off for finishing loop 1 (at least one because she got lost)

For those who don't know, this is a brutal and idiosyncratic trail ultramarathon - extremely rough terrain, no GPS watches allowed, course is not marked and runners get instructions on the day and then have to find their way.

Anyone else following it this year?

I'm finding it oddly fascinating! It's the sort of running I wish I could do, but know I never will

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AuntieStella · 17/03/2023 17:49

Aurelien Sanchez’s time for his last three loops was the fastest time ever for those three! And anti-clockwise!!

If I start a thread next year, I’ll add a post with a link to this one (so it’ll pop up for those who think they’ll spot it that way)

Rounding off with one last pic

Barkley Marathon - Nicky Spinks and Jasmin Paris
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NameChangeFor2023 · 17/03/2023 11:53

Never heard of it but looks incredible. Writing here in hopes it pops up next year in the threads I'm on, I check them more than just following.

Spudlet · 17/03/2023 11:32

First year of really following it, wish I’d found this thread earlier! Absolutely amazing work from some certifiably mad human beings - I love it. Looking forward to next year already!

MoneyInTheBananaStand · 17/03/2023 11:16

See you all next spring!

VaulterTech · 17/03/2023 10:19

Thanks for that @AuntieStella really interesting! It’s been great hanging out here - thanks all, see you next year!

AnnPerkins · 17/03/2023 09:19

Thanks for the company everyone. See you back here again next year.

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AuntieStella · 17/03/2023 08:40

Just a last bit of data crunching.

As this thread was about Nicky and Jasmin, here's a round up of the women runners' results.

In a field of 39 starters 8 are listed as female. British runners are 3 of the top 4

1 Jasmin Paris UK (7th)
2 Katie Wright UK (26th)
3 Andrea Larson USA (27th)
4 Nicky Spinks UK (28th)
5 EB (?) (32nd)
6 Melissa Robertson AUS (34th)
7 Dawn Greenwalk USA (35th)
8 Andrea Kooiman USA (37th)

I think Nicky (this year's Human Sacrifice) was the oldest runner - it's her 56th birthday next month.

And with that, it's time to think of other things, and perhaps see you all again at some unspecified time next spring

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MoneyInTheBananaStand · 17/03/2023 06:59

AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 23:59

@MoneyInTheBananaStand - especially for you!

This is very good @AuntieStella 🤣🤣🤣

The choice of GIFs is rubbish @RelentlessForwardProgress this is the best I could find 😕

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Flangeosaurus · 17/03/2023 06:54

3 finishers! Think we can expect it to be seriously brutal next year then Grin I love shower burrito guy, absolutely fair enough pal I would also need a shower burrito after even 20 minutes of that course

MoneyInTheBananaStand · 17/03/2023 06:50

I can't believe we had 3 finishers and one who finished on their first go as well.

megletthesecond · 17/03/2023 06:39

I'm not used to seeing the word "finisher" and Barkley in the same sentence. Let alone three. What a year.

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AuntieStella · 17/03/2023 01:52

And Karel Sabbe finished in 59.53.33

Never has so much of twitter been so desperately nervous about seeing a Belgian dentist in time!

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AuntieStella · 17/03/2023 00:46

John Kelly has finished in 58:42:23

“He is the third runner to finish the Barkley Marathons more than once”

Aurelien Sanchez has finished in 58:23:12
“A bit of a challenge near the end - a day hiker removed one of the books, believing the race was over”

(no word on Karel Sabbe yet)

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AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 23:59

@MoneyInTheBananaStand - especially for you!

Barkley Marathon - Nicky Spinks and Jasmin Paris
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AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 23:53

RelentlessForwardProgress · 16/03/2023 23:38

Such a shame Jasmine couldn't go for 5, but what an inspiration she is....

I'm confused about who is still out there, can anyone help me out.? I'm not on Twitter but i'd gathered from this thread that there are 5 doing the final loop, but the spreadsheet which only has John, Aurelian and Karel out there.

There were 7 on the 4th loop

4 completed it in time to start the fifth
2 tapped out without completing the loop (Ihara and Casas)
1 (Jasmin) did finish the distance but did not meet the cut off time

(4 others also completed loop 3, but did not proceed to loop 4 - 1 injured, 3 made the "fun run" cut off but not the one for starting loop 4)

Of the 4 who started the 5th loop, 3 are still going

1 (Damien) got lost and returned to the start area (presumably knew that he couldn't possibly make the time after that)

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RelentlessForwardProgress · 16/03/2023 23:47

Thanks @MoneyInTheBananaStand
Great user name by the way.
"Lucille: I'll be in the hospital bar.
Michael: Uh, you know there isn't a hospital bar, Mother.
Lucille: Well, this is why people hate hospitals"

MoneyInTheBananaStand · 16/03/2023 23:42

AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 22:16

twitter.com/mountainroche/status/1636465630345039872?s=21

Asking an important question about John Kelly…..
Grin

He often looks remarkably fresh faced. I don't know how!

Off topic but this made me laugh - I was very impressed by egg burrito guy yesterday

Barkley Marathon - Nicky Spinks and Jasmin Paris
MoneyInTheBananaStand · 16/03/2023 23:40

It's just those 3 still out there

Damian dropped out of loop 5, Jasmin timed out lap 4

RelentlessForwardProgress · 16/03/2023 23:38

Such a shame Jasmine couldn't go for 5, but what an inspiration she is....

I'm confused about who is still out there, can anyone help me out.? I'm not on Twitter but i'd gathered from this thread that there are 5 doing the final loop, but the spreadsheet which only has John, Aurelian and Karel out there.

megletthesecond · 16/03/2023 22:39

Yes. The conditions look good too.

RunningFromInsanity · 16/03/2023 22:37

They’ve estimated its 2hours longer to run the harder anti-clockwise loop!

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AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 22:32

megletthesecond · 16/03/2023 21:45

UltraRunLive have posted a clip of John running down from the fire tower. It's proper steep. Makes you realise the sheer size of the park.

This tweet?

twitter.com/traillive/status/1636479850834804738?s=21

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AuntieStella · 16/03/2023 22:29

From what I saw yesterday the GMT 60 hour cut off time is 01.54

I can't work out what time the runners might come in. All were looking good.

Their last loop splits were between 13 and 14.5 hours (and I seriously doubt they'd have speeded up!)and I think they were all out there by about noon. So I agree with a rough estimate of any time from about 01.00 onwards. Might be a bit tight for Karel Sabbe, but he's running clockwise which is meant to be the "easier" way round

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Cyclingforcake · 16/03/2023 22:21

Monkeytapper · 16/03/2023 17:37

Anyone know how far Tom Hollins got in the race please?

I think Tom was running with Eoin Keith and they timed out on Lap 3.

megletthesecond · 16/03/2023 22:18

My estimate is a possible 1-2am finish our time. It'll be the first thing I check when I get up.