The Barkley Marathons 2024. Conch shell at the ready...

[Taylormiffed]

No idea when it will start. Follow @ keithdunn on twitter as he's usually the only journo who attends.

Let's hope for another safe race. Maybe a woman can finish for the first time and hopefully there'll be a handful of Brits to cheer on. Although tbh, I'll cheer on anyone crazy enough to attempt it.

Oh no - Damien hall is out. He didn't complete loop 5 and came in from the wrong direction

Sad. Damian Hall @Ultra_Damo came in from the wrong direction after not completing loop five of the #BM100.

Oh no Damo 😩

Very very pleased for JK though. He's secretly my favourite after Jasmin.

He didn't lose, he finished!! That's winning! And is one of only two people to have ever finished 3 times.

(The other one is however on the course right now, with less than an hour to go)

I'm sad for Damo

But happy for John Kelly

And willing Jasmin on

I wish I knew the secret of John's skincare - he's nearly 40 but has a positively youthful complexion!

Sad for Damo though - he and John are friends as well as rivals and it would have been good for it to be both or neither

I was worried when nobody had seen Damian on course, sad for him. Really rooting for Jared next with Jasmin close behind.

Can someone remind me of the cut off please?

9.17 UK time

I was replying to a post about the film 'where dreams go to die ' about Gary Robbins, who is the most famous non finisher of the barkley

Keith@keithdunn
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4sJared Campbell @derajslc finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:30:32. This is his fourth finish. “That new section is brutal. You are a bad man.”

Amazing stuff. Three finishers again two years in a row and possibly more to come 🤞

Superb work Jared.

Jared must have done that last loop really quickly.

Yay, v happy for Jared - chivalry does pay off!

And John's status as joint "most finishes" was v short lived!

And many apologies for completely misunderstanding the context of your previous post @RelentlessForwardProgress

Amazing to finish 4 times, and he seems like another lovely bloke!

So pleased Jared is in.

Jared must have overtaken Greig - hope he's OK

Thank you x

Was it Jared who gave Jasmin the choice of direction?

Really happy for Jared, truly deserved. Though why would you put yourself through that four times!

Yes, getting a lot of praise for his 8 words

"Jasmin, if you want clockwise, it's all yours"

Greig Hamilton in with 5 loops done. Most finishers ever!