It’s fitting that Campbell would be the first to accomplish that feat, as he’s known for completing some of the country’s toughest mountain-running challenges. Only 14 people have completed it since it began in 1986, and Campbell is the race’s only three-time finisher. Barkley, a 100-mile race in Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee, gains more than 60,000 feet (this year was close to 67,000) over five loops on an unmarked course. This April, Jared Campbell was the only finisher at the 2016 Barkley Marathons. That one fatal error with just over two miles to go haunts me.Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! I did not finish The Barkley Marathons, and that is no one’s fault but my own. “I thrashed my way to the road and put my head down and gutted out the hardest three minutes of my life to collapse at the gate, overtime, and from the wrong direction. Reflecting on the final minutes of the race, Robbins offers his view. “It’s been quite an emotional rollercoaster these last few days.” “Thank you everyone for all the heartfelt support and well wishes,” wrote Robbins. However, he did write on his blog to offer some insight. The Barkley Marathon is a 100-mile race that spans the woods of Frozen Head State Park in Tennessee.įollowing the race, Robbins posted on his Twitter account that he would be taking a hiatus from social media to rest. He is just the 15th person to ever complete the race. Monday saw John Kelly, from Washington, D.C., finish. No Canadian has every finished and Robbins is the first person from Newfoundland and Labrador to ever compete in the highly selective event.

The marathon, considered one of the most difficult in the world, takes only 40 participants per year. He missed the cutoff as a result of a navigational error and ended up approaching the finish line from the wrong direction.

This time around, Robbins came agonizingly close to completing the trek, making it to the yellow gate that marked the finish just seconds after the 60-hour mark elapsed. Robbins, originally from Mount Pearl, ran the marathon for his second time after being forced to quit last year’s race partway through as a result of exhaustion.

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