Where Dreams Go To Die film tour concludes in Victoria

The Where Dreams Go To Die tour, which featured a screening of a documentary starring Gary Robbins and his two attempts at the Barkley Marathons, concluded on Friday in Victoria.

The Ethan Newberry-directed film was screened to more than 6,500 people across Canada and the United States including stops in North Vancouver, B.C., Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Ottawa. The tour, which also featured a Q&A after viewers watched the film, included 15 screenings with special guest appearances from John Kelly (2017 Barkley finisher) and Jared Campbell (three-time Barkley finisher).

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Joining Robbins and Newberry on the final leg of the tour was Barkley Marathons race director Lazarus Lake, who flew in from Tennessee. The annual ultramarathon takes place on the weekend of April Fools and is considered one of the toughest races in the world with 15 finishers in the event’s history. Robbins made it to loop five, the final 20-mile (believed to be longer) lap of the race, in 2016 and in 2017 but was unable to finish within 60 hours.

“‪The last four weeks have been an absolute blur, but in the best way possible,” Newberry says.

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Newberry and Robbins posted on Instagram on Friday that they were able to donate $5,000 to both Frozen Head State Park, the site of the race near Wartburg, Tenn. and to North Shore Rescue. According to Newberry, more than $35,000 in prizes were given away during the tour, which began on Oct. 12.

Every Canadian film stop of @gary_robbins, @TheGingerRunner ‘Where Dreams Go To Die’ sold out, including a big turnout in Toronto! pic.twitter.com/T8kXVvCM89

— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) October 23, 2017

Checking out the @gary_robbins & @TheGingerRunner doc ‘Where Dreams Go To Die’ about the Barkley Marathons pic.twitter.com/zUmzKCuNiH

— Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) October 22, 2017

The film is expected to be released on Ethan Newberry’s YouTube channel, The Ginger Runner, at some point in 2018.

The fun isn’t quite over yet. On Sunday, in Metro Vancouver’s Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, a “mini-Barkley” will be taking place and, yes, Laz Lake is expected to be on site. Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club is hosting the Super Mini Itsy Bitsy Barkley, which features some of the quirky aspects of the real Barkley including a $1.60 entry fee, collecting pages of books scattered on an unmarked course and the lighting of a cigarette to signal the start of the race. Registration of the sold-out event was less of a mystery.