She's on it!!!!!
She's running the infamous Barkley Marathon and she could be the first female to ever finish it!
GO JASMIN!!!!
https://run247.com/running-news/trail/barkley-marathons-2024-loop-four-report
Live updates:
https://run247.com/race-previews/barkley-marathons-2024-how-to-follow-live-tracking-latest-results#follow-live
'The Barkley Marathons is made up of five 20-mile loops with more than 54,000 feet of ascent (that’s nearly twice up Mount Everest).
Each loop starts and finishes at the fabled yellow gate where competitors and support teams make camp and the runners have 12 hours to complete each loop.
The first loop is clockwise and then it alternates until the fifth and final lap. At that point the first-placed runner chooses which direction to go, with any other runners alternating so they are more likely to have to run separately.
In reality – though we don’t know for sure as there’s no GPS allowed – the loops are more likely closer to 26-miles long, meaning that anybody who completes all five will have covered around 130 miles. Any runners who manage to complete ‘just’ three loops inside 40 hours are awarded ‘fun run’ finisher status.
The route changes every year and it is near impossible to review. Roughly 80% of the race is off-trail and there are no aid stations – just two water points.
And the difficulty of each loop can’t be understated, with incredible climbing and navigational challenges and all through thick and sharp briars.
Each competitor has to find books hidden around the course and tear out the page corresponding to their race number. Failure to present a page from every book at the end of each loop results in disqualification. The book titles have become part of Barkley folklore and previously included Death Walks in the Woods, The Valley of Death, Almost Home, The Body in the Woods, Fool, The End, A Week in the Woods, and The Idiot.'
'The full five-loop race has only been completed 21 times by 17 different runners.'