Amy King

trail runner, 100 mi finisher, lover of the moon, sunsets, beaches, mountains, pink hearts and rainbows

[Kevin Labresh @kevin_212]

Me: “OMG Barkley is on!!”

Normal person: “The what?”

Me: “It’s this crazy race in TN that only 20 ppl have finished in 40 years.”

Normal person: “Wow, are you gonna watch?”

Me: “You don’t watch, you follow some guy’s Twitter!”

Normal person….

#barkleyconversations #bm100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

😂🔥😂

[Taggart VanEtten @taggartvanetten]

24 hours into the second loop & no runners have completed it yet #BM100

[David Miller @dav1dmiller]

It’s time. The cigarette has been lit and the Barkley 2025 is now underway!

I’m not at Frozen Head this year but will be watching via @keithdunn Twitter feed.

Remember the Barkley is invisible. You don’t see anything. This is about the runners, by themselves, against all that OUT THERE.

Testicle Spectacle, Son of a Bitch Ditch, Rat Jaw, Meth Lab Hill, Meat Grinder, Checkmate Hill, Candy Ass, Big Hell, The Bad Thing, Middle Finger Ridge.

These are places you’ll hear of but you’ll never see unless you close your eyes.

#BM100 #barkleymarathons

📸 https://t.co/LaaXlk1p5j

[Keith @keithdunn]

The next runner to finish Loop 1 came in at 11:59:02.

laz: Are you ok?

Runner: I’m Barkley ok.

#BM100

[Keith @keithdunn]

After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Back on Twitter X for some Barkley time!! #barkleymarathons

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

See you next year! 💪🏼

[Keith @keithdunn]

The 2024 Barkley Marathons has ended. There are five finishers. #BM100

[BarkleyMarathonsFilm @barkleymovie]

Congrats to the first ever female finisher of the Barkley Marathons! #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

History has been made! I’m in utter awe. Just so speechless right now! Wow!!! #BM100

[Keith @keithdunn]

Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.

[Keith @keithdunn]

Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis finished loop five of the #BM100 in 59:58:21.

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Annual visit to Twitter..or X or whatever. #BM100

[Keith @keithdunn]

After a brief memorial, the cigarette was lit at 5:17. The 2024 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Time to be distracted with #BM100!

[Keith @keithdunn]

The second runner has been tapped out. He came for five loops; he lasted five hours. #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Yay!!!!

[Keith @keithdunn]

John Kelly @RndmForestRunnr completed loop five and has finished the 2023 Barkley Marathons in 58:42:23. John is the third runner to finish the Barkley Marathons more than once. #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Normal stuff for post ultra running efforts! 🎉

[Keith @keithdunn]

One runner, after finishing his loop and dropping, cooked an egg burrito while showering. Like, took a camp stove and skillet into the shower, cooked the eggs, etc., and ate the tortilla. In the shower. #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

It’s time for the annual twitter-fest! #bm100

[Keith @keithdunn]

Through the tower so far (actual descriptions given to me): guy with glasses, guy with funny pants, nondescript guy, a real big smiling guy, a tan guy, the guy with a big grin, small European woman, tall guy with Mohawk-ish hair, another guy, tall guy with black beard. #BM100

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

This made me laugh!! 😂🤠

[UltraRunningHistory @UltraRunningHis]

James Earl Ray faced downpours of rain too at night on the Barkley course in 1977. A prison spokesman said Ray looked “like a pig wallowing in a sty caked with mud, hair wet and matted, cut from briars and very hungry.” #BM100
📘🎧📺 Birth of the Barkley https://t.co/W4XywWo9OX

[Jessica @jbeecham7]

#BM100 is the reason I keep a Twitter account!!!!! Best race ever!!!!!

[Amy King @amyjoyking]

Yep! 😂 #bm100

[Bunny Runs Salty @Runsalty_Bunny]

@keithdunn and @JohnSug Thanks for the updates!
Doing my part to support the soggy loop 2 tonight. #BM100
#allnighter

[Amelia Boone @ameliaboone]

to paraphrase Laz: "you can't just have a bunch of virgins wandering around in the woods."

Even the strongest runners usually are shown the way by a veteran for at least the first loop.