The Man Behind the Most Grueling Footrace on Earth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 พ.ย. 2016
- Since its inception in 1986, the Barkley Marathons has had only 14 finishers. Set in the mountains of Tennessee, this 100-mile footrace covers about 66 thousand feet of climb over grueling terrain and must be completed within 60 hours. It's designed for failure. So who thought it up, and why? We had to find out.
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This is how my parents would go to school everyday
Uphill both ways.
Richard Roberts through the snow
@@cmdrtommy9048 and had to carry a baked potato to keep their hands warm...and that was their lunch too.
Richard Roberts and in the hot weather they had to walk on burning asphalt with their bare feet
Underrated comment 💀 Big W
"If you don't have any discomfort in your life, how do you know when you feel good?"
@@InevitableD34th ikr that nice crunch sound
Jeffrey Medina I don’t think that’s what he meant
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I JUST DIED AT THIS COMMENT SECTION XD
@@pepesylvia9354 nice you ruined it
"He's like a sadist or something"
*sips yoo-hoo from a box*
"He's a bit of a sassy man"
"A true backwoods rebel"
How does this have over 600 likes and no replies
yoo-hoo is just his cover up
LOLOLOLOO
😂
Yoo hoos are great
This man just said the competition started 34 years ago and only FOURTEEN PEOPLE HAVE FINISHED ?! 💀
yeah, i thought i miss heard it 😂
He mean 14 people made it to finish and the other probably gave up
@@gmvmadness8574 within the 60 hour limit
Is one of them David Goggins?
Because people quit the race because idk why it’s so hard but yea.
*The Fitness Gram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic...*
Kernel Kraken 😂
The Fitness Gram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pager test will begin momentarily, line up at the start. The running test starts off slowly but gets more difficult when you here this sound, a single lap is then completed when you hear this sound.
That’s about as much as I can remember
Kernel Kraken 😂😂😂😂😂
*Capacity test that progressively gets more fatal as it continues.*
I would do that if my mom is chasing me with a belt
Lmao
I would do that if I had a mom😢
Facts lol 😅
@@sinthebin9814 But you have a dad. Your dad called me and he is pissed about something relating to your mom.
Fralite oof
“If you don’t have any discomfort in your life, how do you know when you feel good?” Absolutely love that
I could never think of saying something so smart like that
Yes Theory
Hit me like a rock
“People think he’s a sadist”
The man: drinking milk from box
milk drinking is actually a pattern you usually see in psychopats or ultra violent characters as in: clockwork orange, homelander from the boys, leon the professional , Hans Landa, mad max
yoohoo is water
@@SammyJoeLouis that’s the joke
Wait what but I do it out of convince
Yoohoo Chocolate Drink is good as long as you know it's not chocolate milk, it's chocolate drink. What does that mean? Nobody knows.
“Yeahp, we always use a Camel because that is about the best cigarette, I think.” Spoken like a true running enthusiast.
At least he's not a hipster and for that I am happy
Marlboro Red for me
@@lilnugget.9338 no. stop begging for subscribers you have to earn them not beg for them
@@L0u3llaPUNK who’s a hipster anymore? We’re not in 2010.
@@gcsugirl why don’t you just take a trip to a little store called earthbound and then you’ll see buddy
Can we just appreciate that he is simply drinking a Yahoo juice box. Like this dude is crazy smart and stuff but he also likes juice boxes.
Yoohoo is chocolate milk you uncultured swine 😤😤
@@RusticVisuals 🤣👍 Alright you got me there, its water down chocolate milk.
Chocolate drink*** i dont think there is any milk.
Edit: it's still delicious and the fact that guy drinks it from a juice box is awesome.
Rustic it’s cow juice
Yoo-hoo. It has no milk. It’s chocolate water.
Why did i read the title as "the man behind the most grueling footage on earth"
same
Same
Me too
i watched half the video before i was like "this race isnt THAT brutal.."
@@uejgohh5458 I-
When you keep seeing the same tree.
Me: something aint right.
When I was doing the Appalachian I swore I had seen the same fucking mountain twice in one day. After I stopped and looked at the map I realized I had, whoever had marked the mountain trail that I was on stupidly marked the loop trail the same as the Appalachian trail.
I’m reading a book right now, written by someone who’s brother participated in the Barkley Marathon, and it’s actually not all that uncommon for runners to experience hallucinations from sleep deprivation and pain. One runner in particular actually straight up forgot they were in a race and wandered around the woods.
hahah so funny hahahah wow this comment is a real gut buster hahahahahah man i really fell out of my chair from how funny this was
That’s cuz we’ve been here before. We’re going in circles!
The man behind the most grueling footrace: *shows a thumbnail with a crying female*
Michael Mayhem America in 2019
Ughhh women always think everything is about *THEM* 😤
ᒎᴀʜᑕᴏɪɴ - invest now! Lol sorry I think u mean *feminists*
Ikr I read it as "Fortress" and was like holy shit it's a fucking cult. Another Jonestown oh no. And then this sweet lil old man shows up talking about reasonable shit and I'm like....wait. I actually didn't realize it was footrace until I scrolled down and saw this lol.
Calm down girl, you’re crying just much as her.
It’s basically the first phase of the hunter x hunter exam but harder
dropdrop top you a real one 😂
OK WOW.
dropdrop top truth
Yea man
I like ur comment
Laz : I’m not a sadist.
Also him : “The fact that they’ll probably almost certainly fail makes it more appealing”
Doesn’t make him a sadist, makes him a stickler for hard work.
@@gingwhatt no ginger
I think he means that it's more appealing to those who take it on because it's more of a challenge
Depends of what happens if he fails
Some things not mentioned in the video,
The race can start from any time from 12 am to 12 pm and is announced one hour prior by the sound of a bugle
It is extremely hard to enter because there is no website and no address.
When you get your acceptance letter it is formatted as condolences
'If you don't experience any discomfort in life how do you know when you feel good'
Wow 👍
Well, i stubbed my toe once
200th like
that quote reminds me of bob ross’s quote
Adversity builds character as long as you are willing to learn from it.
It's not that deep of a quote....
Here's an idea. The Forrest Gump ultra Marathon. All they do is run from one side of the country to the other. Now pay me my money.
Thats been a race for some time. No money for you
That's already a race 😂 also about money this guy charges a licence plate (collects them) and food for his dog, he ain't making much
@@codykeane6107 I love that that sounds like something Forrest would want as a fee
Some 75 yo man already did that
steel ball run
And then theres that one athletic kid who instead of jogging, sprints all 4 laps and overdoes everything in PE. I'm looking at you Brandon!
YEAH GABRIEL
yeah timothy
Luke, I'm lookin at u bro
Fuck you brandon
You know it's you Malcolm
Imagine being that person who takes out someone else's bid from the books so they can't finish the course.
That’s next level sadistic
Runners are battling the course and not each other.
That is not a valid descripton of the type of people who do ultra marathon running. It is not about winning the race, it is about completing the race.
I’ve actually watched a documentary on one of his races being done from start to finish. It is brutal and unrelenting. The most crucial thing is their footwear. Because they cross many streams the challenge is to keep your feet dry. God help those that wear new shoes. The layering of socks is an art form. Even with all cautions, it is the feet that can make or break finishing in so many contestants.
blisters and brambles. those saw briar are no joke. that'd be my main strategy besides nutrition. some ppl end up with basically the entire bottom of their foot as a blister, the skin all white, from water and wear the epidermis detaches. gotta hurt like all getout. if I tried this I'd probably spend 6 months callousing my feet like a kung fu trainee strengthening their bones. I'm no athlete though, chronic skeletal muscular injury. but that almost makes me want to try more, just to see how far. maybe if it's still there in 5 years...
Keeping your feet dry is easy. There's plenty of socks out there that are waterproof. However, whether these socks alone are comfortable enough the allow you to do the grueling race is another story. Maybe layer another sock inside? idk.
@@prismatic3695wear bags inside your feet .
They’d still be cold but dry lok idk ive never hiked
this reminds me of budget endurance racing with "$500" cars. It started as a parody until it became so professional that two cars could finish a 24 hours race 0.04 seconds apart. Same time split as top tier professionals.
Vincent Loparo III Where cna I find that?
Vincent Loparo III ohh
Ed Bolian. I think it’s called the cannon ball
No it’s thy lemon mobile race
For anyone stumbling upon this now it’s called the 24hrs of LeMons series
Me, laying on my bed while eating chips: Yeah, I could do that easily.
Just imagine living a live of such comfort, where you have to go out and seek discomfort.
Yeah... I’d like that lol
@@brianschwartz2892 as you lay on your bed watching youtube on your phone💀💀
Sounds like typical western society
That's literally our modern society. Our brains are addicted to comfort and euphoria
@@Blank3tM0nst3r why do you think wr have things like movies or games?
Everyone on the internet : I WILL TRY THIS AND SUCEED
Everyone there : I FORGOT TO FEED MY CAT
JCP *succeed
Good thing I don’t have a cat obsession.
Sonya Chatman guess what, you will never be accepted, only 40 are invited each year and rarely, people finish
Oh no poor kitty has no food :(((
Me: *dies from smoke of cigarette* before race even started 😂
Do you have an anti vaccination mom
@@demon108hunter6 Why do you ask?
Knoti because anti bad moms are the most annoying people in the world they say that vaccines don’t work and well there was a kid who died in the hospital because of smoke from a cigarette and the mom blamed the doctor because of his death
Oh yes nicotine addiction is very funny
Arsalan Khan if you had an anti vaxx mum that wouldn’t effect the fact that you can die to breathing I’m smoke.
I would like to see Yes Theory take on this race.
@Yes Theory absolutely should!!!
Throw it in there forum but they tend to be more interested in socal/mental challenges than physical ones. But you know who has the interest, and the drive to see it get done? YOU! Good luck seek discomfort! Join the movement
Its hard to get an invite to the race
No one:
My grandfather: this is how I got to school everyday
you guys are all quirky, unathletic and cant walk up stairs we get it.
doobs gotem
Quirky Doe
Damn...you just described my life.
alinabina same
Quirky, smoke cigarettes, and I'll fuck up some stairs
This is brilliant ! This guy is a mastermind , hell make a fine addition in the military's basic training
Surely even military personel would struggle from this no matter how grueling their usual training is
Please God no
These people are going through something akin to a stage in special operations selection
I think more than 15 ppl succeeded since 1985 in the spec ops basic training
TheBush Wacka Navy SEALs cough cough
I’m so quirky, I can’t get up the stairs without getting heartburn.
I Am Orange Juice it’s true though i have asthma
You're so quirky
I’m so quirky I have to stop and catch my breath after running up a few stairs
If you guys haven't seen the feature-length documentary about the Barkley marathons it is amazing and you have to watch it.
He doesn't care if you finish, win or tap out. He's happy when he can tell that you challenged yourself and achieved beyond what you thought you could. He's doing this to show you that your stronger than you think, all the time, and he wants you to carry that strength with you in everything you set out to do. It's not a competition between competitors, it's a competition with yourself. If more people finished, there could only be 1 winner. But his way, everybody can win.
A man smoking cigarettes and drinking yahoo seems like my type of guy
Yoohoo*
Someone that doesn't even know they're called Yoohoo isn't my type of guy
Some times I like to kick back and drink some ice cold Google, you know?
@@danielcastillo591 Eh,I enjoy a nice,warm Bing more tbh
This is how my parents would of claimed how they went to school every day
I could swear to god the walking dead had been filmed in that prison
Bruh. When I read the description, I thought people were killed or something and that it was a massacre when people got lost
If you tap out they ceremoniously chop you up with a hatchet
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1 Inch = 2.54 Cm
1 Feet/Foot = 30,48 Cm
1 Yard = 0.9144 Meters
1 Stone = 6.35 Kg
1 Oz = 28,34 Gram
1 square foot = 0,09 m²
1 gallon = 3,78 Litres
en4ce random but thanks!
Wait a second TENNESSEE!! This is like the first time I think they've covered someone from my home State. This is so cool!!
There are a race in sweden called "fotrally" where thers no limit on how long the race is. You walk day and night until its only one person left
wtf that sounds crazy and fun
i have one question... has anyone died will attempting this course?
I would think that they check the course if someone doesn't turn up
@@L0u3llaPUNK yeah im sure they have an emergency gps/radio or something
People have died in the badwater 135
I have an idea of course so cruel so hard it might just turn people away or it might strike a tone in a persons heart.You have to race around the roughest Torrain onOn planet earth. Six times and under two hours.But not only that you will be taunted by actors They will stay stereotypes about your skin color your sexuality your identity who you are they will yell. They will have the intent to break your spirit but in a certain person it doesn’t Break it makes it stronger. It will test your willpower it will test everything.
Yeah also be Temptations along the path and actors tempting you you will have to stay there for five minutes. Each check points
Fucking amazing
A man was sitting on the sidewalk hitting himself in the head with a hammer. A passerby asked, "Why are you hitting yourself in the head with a hammer?" "Because it feels so good when I stop." This is that.
What's really insane about this whole thing is that Laz freely admits he's never done the full Barkley himself. It's pure unadulterated schadenfreude.
Legend has it that Mr. Goggins is not allowed to compete in this because he would win everytime
Why do I keep seeing Goggins bootlickers around?
Because why not bro? Embrace the grind
@@orangeiceice12 'cause it's civvy bootlicking moto trash
No he wouldn't. This is about much more than being tough. Goggins is good but not as good as he makes himself out to be.
Nah, any “elite” out there wouldn’t finish
1:09 When your mom says: "Can you do me a favor?"
This is now on my bucketlist
My grandma still makes that distance when herding sheep. Yup good ole navajo life
This man is not a sadist he just enjoys greatness in it's truest form
Wasn't there a guy who missed the finish timeline by like 5 seconds? Or am I thinking of another race?
Ma Rus I don’t know, but if that happened to me I’d kill the person next to me
So yeah in the 2017 race, Gary Robbins had trouble in the fog and got off trail. Look up the video, powerful stuff.
Yes, but iirc even if he hadn't been late, he would have been disqualified because he accidentally deviated from the course in the final lap more than was acceptable.
Gary Robbins, 6s before cut off. Got all the pages but deviated from the course, and that lost him time. Powerful documentary.
"It started in '85 and we had 14 finishes." - GEEEZEEEE
the TAPS is so brilliantly funny and moving at the same time
the documentary on netflix was insane
What's the name of it???
Your mom
This is now on my bucket list this is a hard task but you can do anything you put your mind to never forget that
No you can't.
@@timfondiggle2582 wrong
@@gatszu6817 unless u got a disorder
@@mcoop136 F
@@julietemily8157 woosh
Back when I finish a month-long Camp Scout, I feel very fulfilled.
Must be like this when finishing the race.
This was WAY more wholesome than I thought it was going to be.
*David Goggins has entered the chat*
Tyler Hobbs This is an easy Tuesday warm up for Goggins
@@KEGEYAN1 I don't think David would be able to do this.
@@shak9558 He would 100% finish this. I'm not sure what physical condition he's in now, but at the tine he ran all of the other ultras, he could. He's honestly one of the most mentally & physically tough men who has ever lived...if other guys are finishing this, he can too.
Obviously Goggins has incredible, remarkable mental strength. However, this is a timed, physically exhausting ultra race. It takes more than physical athleticism and mental fortitude to complete this race. I doubt he has the distance background to complete a Barkley. I imagine it takes a combination of unbelievable acuity and focus in addition to years of development for both slow twitch muscles and the cardiovascular system.
@@parkerjones6598 goggins got first in the Infinitus 88k and plenty other endurance competitions. I feel like he could do this.
this is a documentary on netflix
What's the name of it???
ste vie Berkley Marathon, but it’s not on Netflix anymore 😭
@@rosario7734 thank you! I'll track it down somehow !
"the race that eats its young." it is on amazon prime or $5 on TH-cam. great doc, and was filmed in a really good year for the race. is probably when it started being more well known.
*Barkley not berkley
there is a docu somewhere about this race! really enjoyed that one!
There are multiple documentaries on this race, all fantastic.
I read the title as footage
Same
Sameeeee
“It’s good that some years no one finishes because the barkley should win sometimes too” 🥺
Used to work at Brushy and these guys came in BANGED UP
He took me out with the TAPS....the smile on his face lol!
I can't even do a mile run by 60 hours. I would at least need 10 years.
I G N O R E yes queen
that’s just unhealthy
Pffft. I can do this faster than all their times combined
@@lolzxl9184 oh yea? Well im so fast that it looks like I don't move
There’s a time limit
My parents: It’ll be a short walk around the block
*The walk*
I used to walk 60 miles in two days most of it was road but I loved the feeling of my legs throbbing after you sit down for a 10 min break
My grandma used to live right up the road from Wartburg. In Sunbright. Nice place.
Tennessee is a tough state. My family has also met James Earl Ray.
"Look son, back in the day, that's how I would go to school everyday, you kids have it so easy!"
-Every dad and grandpa ever
This is right by my hometown and I never have heard of it.
Lovely man and exciting challenge!!! Lots of love from India :)
The question is can he do it
Hehehe
He's right about having discomfort in your life, but there's a limit; to run 5 miles is healthy and a good challenge. But, to run 100 miles could damage your feet, legs, and you could seriously get sick or hurt from this.
Lady depends how you train for it
Well, everyone in this video probably trained a lot, but some were still crying at the end..? XD
@@tjthegreat7 they're not tearing cheek through the forest . Ever heard if pacing yourself? xD each loop is a separate day too.
0:33
I think people are obsessed with comfort
to the point that they forget if you don't
have any discomfort in your life,
how do you know when you feel good?
That are some words to remember.
I wouldnt start a race like this unless i could finish it myself, i like how this dude has never ran it in his life but has a competition for others to do it
This old man is a straight goon! He is now officially my spirit animal
bring the Tarahumaras they will finish this barefoot.
busho1231 ...I don't agree that they would finish the Barkleys. Navigation in such a harsh terrain is one of the most difficult things for any human being to accomplish in an unfamiliar terrain. I would love to see them run it but I would put my money on them not finishing. Maybe I am wrong...just maybe.
canica99 Tarahumaras live their entire lives barefoot, living in the mountains in the north parts of Mexico. They live through extreme weather changes, climb the highest mountains, travel with their cattle and do other stuff barefoot if they need to. They usually wear sandals, but if the sandals just go to waste, then it means you go barefoot until you get any leather. They wear sandals in the mountains even if it’s snowing... SANDALS. And they wear them if they want to. Hell, I know some Tarahumaras and they tel, you they can’t feel anything from their feet, they just don’t get tired. Fun fact: They don’t call themselves “Tarahumara”, they are “Raramuri” which means “Of Light feet” in their native language. It’s a pretty interesting indigenous group from Mexico, really amazing too.
Mr Blue Sky doubt they’d be able to find the finish line though. You have to follow a map through a pretty specific route and if you get lost it’s hard to find your way back, especially since they never would have been in the forest before
busho1231 well the thing is I’m descended from them
They might we should sponser one..Im from chihuahua
Next up, A swim race start on Alcatraz island and ending on the shores of San Fransisco!
You can just feel the enjoyment this man gets from this from his smile.
I won't lie... It's a fucking sadistic smile...
But it's a smile :)
If you see a girl having a mental breakdown in the woods while the race just know that’s me
Wait there’s girls on toutube
Help me get into the race and I'll be right beside you with that
@@antoineservant7328 ....you didn’t know that? I mean, these videos arnt really gendered
I'm Tennesseean so I Acutally wanna try that and I kinda live near there
When you think about it the man is really inspiring people
My goal in life was always to hit my own limits. I’ve always wanted to finish the dragon warrior stairs challenge, and the bull running. I guess I could add this to a list of grueling tasks.
What is the dragon warrior stairs challenge?
"are you a sadist"
*Sips chocolate milk*
This is nothing for Vanessa Carlton. She walked A Thousand Miles.
The Proclaimers would do fine, too.
Richey Stanley key word “walked”
@@danielt.miranda2107 yeah, maybe she wouldn't finish on time?
they didnt know what to call him in the intro but we all know he is, A MADLAD
0:37 that speech, is almost similar to what John Kramer said when he started his Saw trial
Maybe he is a sadist.
People like to forget how easy life really is from time to time, those of us who don’t have constant issues in life tend to be come the most disconnected with reality. “You can’t truly enjoy happiness without experiencing true pain and discomfort, only then you’ll understand the true meaning being these simple words.”
I'd do it
Opal- Zen I believe in you
You have to be invited
"If you have no discomfort in life
How do you know when you feel good?"💯
1:15 love that dog just chilling
@@johndillinger1918 what does that have to do with the dog?
We gots to throw Goggins at this thing!
Laz: this’ll be the most grueling marathon you’ll ever run in your life.
Also Laz: **drinks Yoohoo out of a juice box sized container** to get in, you need a license plate of any kind, and a bag of dog food.
the entry fee is whatever he needs that year + license plate from where you live(d) + $1.60USD. some years it's been socks, or shirts, or flannel or smokes lol.
What he answered in the beginning in the video when they asked him if he's a sadist is a very good answer.. And very true.
this is people bringing back old video games
"If you don't have any discomfort in your life, how do you know when you feel good?" I feel that. 100%.
if you dont have any comfort in your life how do know you feeling bad?
@@kowikowi465 Yeah that's the flip side of the same thing. You could phrase it any way. Haha
LMAO this guy was in one of the SAT reading excerpts
this kind of area is common in my country yet no one in my country ever think of using the terrain to attract tourism like this guy, now I see why he is consider to be smart.
That man is doing gods work 🔥