The Barkley: A Love Story (Teaser)

About this episode

This episode teases a three-part audio documentary about the Barkley Marathons, a notoriously difficult race in eastern Tennessee.

Three years ago I started asking people about a race in the woods of eastern Tennessee that almost nobody finishes. I couldn't stop. In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway. I went to find out why. The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks. Episode One: "I Discovered It" Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible" Episode Three: "They Figured It Out" Link in bio. #TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100

People in this episode

Hosts: Doc, Bleav

Topics covered

• Barkley Marathons
• endurance racing
• audio documentary
• wilderness
• running culture

Keywords

• Barkley Marathons
• endurance race
• audio documentary
• Hiker Trash Radio
• running

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hiker Trash Radio

Books & works: The Barkley: A Love Story, Episode One: "I Discovered It", Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible", Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"

Places: eastern Tennessee

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