'I feel like that didn't really happen,' he says. He also says he wakes up everyday and wonders how he pulled it off.

It's the most poignant experience I've had at any sort of event.' 'It's definitely one of the proudest moments I've ever had in endurance sport for sure,' Fegyveresi says. But, as Barkley regular John Fegyveresi tells Day 6 guest host Rachel Giese, the pain is nothing compared to the pride of finishing. They barely eat, and some won't get any sleep for two-and-a-half days.ĩ8 per cent of the people who try to run the Barkley don't finish. Barkley co-creator Gary Cantrell, aka Lazarus Lake It's important to be able to maintain your equilibrium when things are not designed to help you out. A successful finisher will have to run 161 kilometres through rough, unmarked terrain, and they'll have to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest.

The Barkley Marathons - plural because it's actually five marathons stacked together over 60 hours - is now in its 32nd year. On Saturday, 40 runners will gather in the backwoods of Tennessee for one the weirdest, wildest and most difficult trail races in the world.

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