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The Barkley Marathons - The Immortal Horizon - Part 2

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Barkley Marathons is an ultramarathon trail race held each year in Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. Described as "The Race That Eats Its Young", it is known for its extreme difficulty, purposefully difficult application process, and many strange traditions, having been completed only 26 times by 20 runners since 1995.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Citation Needed.

0:24.4

The podcast where we choose the subject, read a single article about it on Wikipedia,

0:28.1

and pretend we're experts, because this is the internet, and that's how it works now.

0:31.8

I'm Eli Bosnick, and I'll be leading my boys into extreme danger tonight,

0:36.6

but I'll need some masochists in need of therapy.

0:39.3

First up, two men for whom Doc is definitely just a nickname, Noah and Tom.

0:44.8

Okay, all right. Well, riddle me this, Eli, if I'm not a doctor, why would I have such easy access to so many drugs?

0:51.7

I mean, look, I too only need seven minutes before I'm finished, so it's a pretty good

0:55.7

nickname.

0:56.8

Makes sense.

0:57.3

Exactly.

0:58.0

Yeah.

0:58.5

Humble brag.

0:59.4

And also joining us tonight.

1:04.6

And also joining us tonight, two guys for whom a healthy sense of competition includes

1:09.1

Regicide heat and Cecil.

1:11.8

Okay, I'm not crazy.

1:13.1

Like, the most important thing

1:14.2

is going out there and having fun

1:16.7

while you murder a king.

1:18.9

But not MLK.

1:20.9

Like, you listen to the last week episode.

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