Must-see on-course photos from loop four of the Barkley Marathons
Photos from Barkley Marathons camp between laps three and four as well as from the fire tower at the top of Rat Jaw.
Refuelling between loops three and four.
Rat Jaw, a 300m climb over an 800m stretch on course, covered in briars. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
John Kelly and Gary Robbins at the water station.
Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Refuelling between loops three and four. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Arriving at the end of loop three. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Rat Jaw, a 300m climb over an 800m stretch on course, covered in briars. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Water station.
Refuelling between loops three and four. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Photo: Canadian Running Magazine
Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Refuelling between loops three and four.
Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
John Kelly after loop three of Barkley
Photo: Canadian Running
Book found at the fire tower at the top of Rat Jaw. Photo: Michael Doyle / Canadian Running Magazine.
Arriving at the end of loop three.
Arriving at the end of loop three.
Water station.
Only John Kelly and Gary Robbins made it past the end of loop three at the Barkley Marathons in Frozen Head State Park, Tenn. Check out Canadian Running‘s photos from the end of loop three (Sunday late morning) and from Rat Jaw, a major checkpoint, on loop four. Each loop is approximately 20 miles (32K). All photos outside of camp are taken on loop four (of a possible five) of the race which involves elevation gain the equivalent of summiting Mount Everest twice.
For more information on the race and what else has happened on Sunday, make sure to check out our updates page here and for more coverage, see below. (Note in the above photos that runners must ascend and then descend Rat Jaw in an out-and-back route. They must climb to the fire tower since there is a checkpoint there, plus water.)
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