Secrecy surrounds the Barkley Marathons. There's no race website, and dates for the annual event are hush-hush. That made covering the strange, grueling race a unique challenge. Although it wasn't my ...

Barkley Marathons, the secretive, punishing ultramarathon, concluded Feb. 15 with no finishers. The race is held annually at Frozen Head State Park, where the mountainous landscape pushes runners to ...

The Barkley is a secretive and grueling 100-plus-mile race through Tennessee's Frozen Head State Park. Created by Lazarus Lake, the race is designed to push runners to the absolute edge of human ...

The Barkley Marathons can be described as a mysterious event. There is no official race website, the dates and times are kept under wraps, and locating a course map is nearly impossible. The secrecy ...

The Edge of Possible: A Barkley Marathon Tale takes you deep inside the legendary Barkley Marathons, the world’s most elusive and punishing ultramarathon. Set in the unforgiving terrain of Frozen Head ...

It’s the world’s toughest foot race. The statistics speak for themselves: 20 finishers in 39 years. The leg-slashing sawbriars. The Blair Witch woods. The freezing fog and mocking lack of assistance ( ...

Editor’s note: The Barkley Marathons, an ultramarathon trail race held each year in Morgan County, Tennessee, is considered to be one of the most challenging ultramarathons in the United States, if ...

The Barkley Marathons represents one of the toughest ultramarathons in the world. Held each year in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County Tennessee, the course changes each year. It consists of five ...