Gary Robbins reveals 2018 Barkley Marathons crew shirts

Gary Robbins and his crew team are preparing for the 2018 Barkley Marathons in the early spring.

The North Vancouver, B.C.’s latest reveal includes “team jerseys” for the more-than 100-mile trail race in Frozen Head State Park, Tenn.

“Team jerseys for our next visit to Frozen Head [State Park], via a Christmas surprise from my lovely wife,” Robbins writes. “Thanks to David Papineau for the design.”

The design includes a “no bugles” and “team Gary” text block as well as a crossed out bugle. (“Taps” is played on the bugle when a Barkley Marathons participant is unable to finish the race.) Another shirt, for the youngest Robbins, reads “My daddy ran for sixty hours in the Tennessee backwoods and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.”

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Proud of what @broadwayrunclub and I dreamed up here. Thanks, Dave! Now, #NoBugles2018, @gary_robbins! https://t.co/7EyvInCL4r

— Linda Barton-Robbins (@lindabear78) January 22, 2018

This year marks Robbins’s third attempt (2016 and 2017 recaps) at the Barkley. He has 60 hours to complete five 20-mile (likely longer) loops of the unmarked course. Fifteen runners have completed the race to date so far, with a select group having done so on multiple occasions. The race is held annually on the weekend of April Fools.