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IN THE SPELL OF THE BARKLEY - MICHIEL PANHUYSEN...

' A wonderful  compelling read '  Vassos Alexander   radio presenter and ultrarunner  Welcome
to the Barkley Marathons  a fever dream of an ultra event  inspired by a prison break  heralded
by a conch blast  paid for in cigarettes and socks  and completed only by a select few. A race
in which competitors haul themselves up mountains  through extreme weather conditions  beyond
pain and exhaustion  mile after mile. Completed 60 miles? That's just the fun run.  Journalist
and ultrarunner Michiel Panhuysen is a multiple-time Barkley entrant  having fallen under the
spell of this most enigmatic of races - and its presiding philosopher-genius organizer Lazarus
Lake - in the early 2010s. On each occasion  the Barkley won. The Barkley nearly always wins. 
In the Spell of the Barkley is a story of sporting obsession  exploring what drives individuals
to challenge themselves at the limits of what is possible - and what it takes to succeed.

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