In 2021, coming back from the COVID year, I raced everything I wanted to. Clearly, I was hooked, and I expect to run the race every year. In my second year, I really blossomed at the event, navigating for a whole group like it was my backyard. My first attempt was successful, but not pretty. Shortly after my first 100 miler, I decided to try my hand at something like the Barkley: Niwot’s Challenge (so-called “Barkley of the West”). I was just becoming a runner, and quickly became an ultrarunner in 2017. I probably saw the documentary first in 2015. Mine is to come back, to ask more of my body and my mind, to grow. But the true test of the Barkley isn’t your result, it’s your response. I found the courage to fight through and come out the other side still running. I was lucky enough to be on the start line this year. Most people who saw it said things like “those people are crazy.” But I thought, “I want to run that.” The Barkley speaks to us. Years ago, before I was even a runner, I saw the documentary of the race. Running the Barkley Marathons was a dream come true.
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