Addicted to the Barkley Marathon – what attracts runners to the world’s most brutal ultra-marathon? (Swiss Press Text 2024, by Christof Krapf) - Swiss Press Award
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
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2024
Christof Krapf
The Barkley Marathon is shrouded in myth and considered the most brutal race in the world. There's no registration form, and the founder and race director is a true original. I traveled to Tennessee and wanted to find out why runners from all over the world subject themselves to this physical and psychological torture.
