A 60 Hour Race So Intense That Only 14 of Over 1000 Ultra-marathoners Have Ever Completed It
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oh shit i actually laughed out loud
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Fun fact: on April 3rd, 2017, a 15th person named John Kelly from Maryland managed to finish the race in 59 hours, 32 minutes, and 30 seconds. This wasn't mentioned because the channel posted this video in February 26th, 2017.
Bailey cohen didn’t someone finish six seconds after the 60hrs in the same race??
@@knickersbrown yes, Gary Robbins collected all the necessary pages but arrived 6 seconds too late. Additionally, he took a wrong turn near the end, and thus arrived from the wrong side. His route was actually longer than the one he should have taken, so without the wrong turn he probably would have made it.
@@fabianneuschmidt160 6 seconds tough one to take
@@fabianneuschmidt160 And because of that probably the most notable runner ever to have entered the race. Fame by accident.
...Please explain how you went from an extreme marathon straight to blind people wiping their butts.
It was a BONUS fact, it isn't necessarily related to the rest of the video.
The bonus facts are often intriguing requests from commenters, that can't justify a whole video on their own.
Well the the race is weird, and kind of out of nowhere, so the bonus facts were too.
Because if you get sentenced to Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, (the prison in the first & main story), you'll want to clean your ass,....
BEFORE YOU KISS IT GOODBYE 💋 (( 😖
Seriously though, I had an uncle who pulled close to 5 calendars there, way back when James E. Ray was still alive....
I guess he does a little jog between each wiping.
Today I found out that I won't be attempting that race.
Don't you mean *my morning jog*
Hahahahahahaha.
MrMosbyOfficial VEVO Dont you mean my *warm up*
*oh shit*
ARE WE GONNA LISTEN TO FMMMMMMM?????
MrMosbyOfficial VEVO best comment
This man is the epitome of sadistic
StalinWasBallin even explaining the race seems like a marathon.
I agree; I like that in a man. My only questions are whether Camel man has run the course himself and whether or not he has arrangements for a successor when he cacks out from lung cancer.
Aservis Roturier
I did see that after posting, but then he has an excellent reason. Indeed the only acceptable reason.
StalinWasBallin You should check out Mc Kramy Manor for the truly sadistic "race".
why is it that RUclips researchers are bald? Matthew Santoro, Vsauce, Simon Whistler
People generally like watching people with those features when being given a bunch of information. Any changes or other people get complained out of the site or don't get the views to survive.
StressedBacon Maybe because bald people are smart?
Well, I think C. G. Grey has hair, though he's never shown himself onscreen.
They all tried to be like John Green, but after a few weeks of furiously brushing their hands through their hair, it just gave up and fell out.
helps keep the brain cool to do more thinking.
This sounds so incredible. Not racing for prizes but just for the honor to enter the race and IF you finish it, you're rewarded with a cheap lawnchair and telling stories. That's incredible. I think the point is, you must really love ultramarathoning to do this. If you dont love it, you'd be discouraged easily, but if you love it, you've earned the right to try and if you try and succeed, your stories will be told again and again.
Sounds like a game made up by a group of 6 year olds.
fuzzlenutberry or a crazy man
Or a phase of a Hunter Examination.
+TheEreder
One tests one's mettle, not metal.
its all about that Chair...
+TheEnder
Don't apologize. Your English is good enough to get your idea across, and that's what matters. I mentioned metal/mettle because, well, it's a learning moment. Now you (and others) know something new.
I am surprised you didn't mention that in the last race a legally blind woman competed.
Atomacheart how did she do?
She is called Rhonda-Marie Avery and she unfortunately didn't finish one official lap, she was not the only one to not finish an official lap though.
There is a blog post at www.liveforaliving.com/living-blog/the-blind-leading-the-blind
Atomacheart still, that is quite interesting.
He kind of did when he talked about the sacrificial lamb
The original internet troll everyone! Think about it, he has specific rules, deletes your emails, you need to give him an essay as to why you are even worth the time, and he invites someone there just to point out how much of a newb they are.
The organizer calls the newbie a "human sacrifice".
Great disparity in the comments between those who have first seen the Barkley Marathons documentary on Netflix (which is awesome, go check it out), and those learning about it here for the first time. Personally, I absolutely loved Cantrell, who goes by Lazarus Lake, or just 'Laz' in the movie. The race it not about him. Think about it, he loses money on the endeavor each year (each racer providing $1.60, a pack of Camels, and a flannel shirt or packet of socks is not reimbursing him for his time). The racers are there to test their limits, and he provides them exactly what they are looking for.
He gets to sit around smoking for 5 days, watching people slowly kill themselves for fun.
Tx for the tip mate
Just watched....excellent. not the usual $ports shite
@@ellasmella3970 One cent per mile
Whats the hardest part about eating vegetables?
The wheelchair
Harambæ Is Not Ded Don't get it bro
Oh God!!!!
The wheel-chair is not a part of the invalid.
Harambæ Is Not Ded Unless your like the guy in the Doom film where the wheelchair is fused with the body, the hardest part is colloquially known as "deez nutz"
Harambæ Is Not Ded I tell this joke to ever new person I meet
The whole thing sounds like a bad joke.
I think i will come up with a marathon that is a thousand miles long that no one can enter unless there first name starts with a G, and there last name ends with p they have to pay me in pine cones with 1.5 pine cones for every mile and there will be a selection of 60 people chosen and one will be selected and allowed to use roller skates as long as they dance in front of me dressed as monkey wearing a clown suit, I will also have hidden people lobbing balloons with paint at the runners
That sounds pretty hilarious, but the proof is in the pudding. If you actually do this, you too can be the subject of legends, RUclips videos, and Netflix documentaries some day.
Vikio How do I get in?
Eastyy WHY AREN'T WE FUNDING THIS
Eastyy how can I apply?
Carlton B HAHAHAHAHAH
your head is so smooth
-Stalker
Catwow yeah what would it feel like ? mmmm so intriguing
Well thanks for sharing.
That's what she said.
Why are you gae?
My friend ran 100km through the Australian outback last year.
I thought THAT was crazy, this is a whole other thing...
Is this the same race that the Canadian failed to complete by a couple seconds? I feel for him even more now.
Jake Morris yes
That is one of my favorite videos around.
Gary Robbins
Well, didn't he also cut 2 miles?
What the fuck? Is this an irl hunter exam?
Turbo Jesus underrated comment.
Turbo Jesus I was thinking exactly the same thing
Except with absolutely 0 benefits afterwards.
Xexer
Except this is only phase 1. You don't get any rewards until you complete the whole thing.
Turbo Jesus I love you.
This race is a great metaphor for life.
Only 14 out of 1000 people ever finish life.
1000 out of 1000 finish life. Its just that not everyone races to the finish.
I was expecting that 14 out of 1000 comment. Still chuckled.
Of course I mean like how someone will shit on you repeatedly just for the fun of it, life's challenging, there will always be high achievers, only a few actually make big dreams come true, sometimes there's teamwork, etc.
...and some just spend there lives lost in the woods and despite there exertions, never ready getting where they were trying to go.
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Yes only 14 of 1000 finishes
Wait what?
Today I found out that if you go to Barack Obama's Wikipedia page, you can hear it as an audio clip, narrated by none other than Simon Whistler.
As sadistic as the whole thing sounds on first hearing it described, I find it really awesome that hikers are apparently quite willing to look out for each other.
They run where they can and hike where necessary.
Had a chuckle over the idea of the 'fun run.'
Right? I want to know more about that; whether it's run before or after the main marathon, how long it is, whether it's actually fun for the runners or simply fun for the sadist running the whole thing, etc.
The "fun run" is if you complete 3 laps
A fun run is the distance of three consecutive marathons. Very decieving with the name "fun run", I know.
I first heard about this marathon when I watched the documentary film "The Barkley Marathons" on Netflix. It's one hell of a test of endurance and human spirit.
Work smarter not harder *brings hoverboard*
The Barkley Marathons: The Race that Eats its Young is one of my favorite documentaries on Netflix
Hey Im starting a race to the sun. Entry fee is $5.
6:39 jasmin paris is now the first woman to ever complete all 5 loops, with a time of 59:58:21 (just 99 seconds left) ! what a time to be alive !
Watch the Netflix documentary. Check out “The Barkley Marathons” on Netflix
www.netflix.com/title/80076413?s=i
a very good documentary!
No.
Antonius Banderas YES!!!
Guys are super hardcore. Its nuts.
You must be mistaken, Netflix never has anything worth watching.
Why is everybody being so hard on the creator the people choose to do it and I want to do it
People are acting like he's kidnapping contestants. People are willingly jumping through all these hoops because to them this is entertaining. If you don't get that, then obviously this isn't for you. There are very few people that enjoy testing themselves, most people just want to be "comfortable".
How come this hasn't been turned into a horror movie?
But can Simon Whistler whistle?????
This is basically the Hunger Games
broodje martini What the fuck it's nothing like the hunger games
broodje martini the runners aren't exactly murdering eachother and everyone volunteers to torture themselves. And it's not broadcast as a reality show.
broodje martini
The Long Walk.
Simon & crew, I really appreciate the amount of research you put into your videos!
Thanks!
"14 over 1000". 14 OVER 1000. So there's 14 people, running 60 hours, on top of 1000 people.
Marty Laren he said 14 OF over 1000
According to wolframalpha 14 over 1000 is: 1 tredecillion or 1 × 10^42
:)
It's just a fraction.
Elton Toussand III no 0.14%
Elton Toussand III 0,014
This is actually my grandpa's walk to school everyday.
Back in my day...
it sounds like a race thought up by Ron Swanson.
close, there would have to be more red meat involved.
tell me the pictures of the dude smoking don't remind you of a ron swanson-type
Well the first step to winning is realising that despite it being called a marathon it really isn't. You don't run. On level ground 100 miles in 60 hours would be piss easy. You can take two 15 hour breaks and still beat it walking at just over the "having a conversation" pace of 3 miles an hour. You "just" have to do that through some of the most gruelling terrain out there.
yep, I would approach this as a backpacking trip, but pack much lighter since you don't plan to sleep or camp.
Oh wow if only the runners had thought about that. You do realize this is extremely step hills and thick brush. I live in Florida and have been in brush so thick I couldn’t travel 1 mile an hour. And it’s completely flat here. Imagine that with steep hills and awful weather.
98.6 failure rate. Wow.
Onix & Carmelita Same as my sex life
Is this the marathon or blind people wiping?
Nope, 99.86%
Nope, original comment is right
@@apolloaero +Nope it's 98.6%. 14 out of 1000 finish. That's 1.4 out of 100. That's 1.4% right there.
@@Subash0069 You're right, must have added an extra zero. I did the same thing you did, but obviously failed
Cantrell is like the Lemony Snicket of marathon organizers, lol.
This shit would be at home in an over the top anime.
Dude your voice is so relaxing I've fallen asleep so many times while watching your videos and the music jesus christ it's so conforting.
I'm confused about a couple things:
1. Is the *_sacrificial lamb_* someone he puts there on purpose to see if the other people can spot them, or is it an actual cliche rich-dentist-type who thinks they can compete with the other hikers?
2. If the course gets bigger every time someone completes it, won't it eventually be too big for the area where it happens? Or does he just add more laps rather than increasing the physical area covered?
Ojisan The sacrificial lamb is just somebody who the creator thinks wont be able to finish for either a physical or mental reason. They mat still be an ultra-athlete, but have a feature that makes him think they cant do it.
So it's kind of bullying.
Nope. Just his opinion.
The course doesn't get longer, just tougher.
The course is made of 5 laps, thus the physical area is not increased, just the number of laps.
Great job @todayifoundout !! This was by far my favorite video I've seen you post to date. Please do more like this one👍🏻👍🏻
Well, at least the guy has a sense of humour.
Sadistic humor, yes.
This is the equivalent of a game being hard because it forces you to do 50 side quests between each mission
chistine lane and its all fetch quests with no fast travel.
I like your sweater.
Joodge Damn ur asking the real questions here
Jared Carino it's not a question
AtypicalScarab6 .__. shut your traperoo
I've watched a lot of videos on this channel, but this is the one that made me finally subscribe. What a crazy random thing you decided to talk about! And I appreciate it so much, as well as the details you went into. AWESOME. I would love to be a spectator at that race, but I bet even that would be too physically challenging for me, as I'd have to camp out for days in the freezing wasteland. And there's no way of knowing when or where the race IS unless you are participating anyway.
Vikio the video was a bit misleading about the snow. It (almost) never snows in April in Tennessee. It's usually very warm or even quite hot, although it does rain frequently in the spring.
This video is outdated. A fifteenth runner has finished.
Now they have to make the race harder.
(Simon) Thank you for the enlightening entertainment. Your general attitude is a perfect counterpoint to the subjects you choose to cover. I have started to watch every video you post, even if I am not interested in the subject and they are consistently great. I am truly looking forward to your next one.
I watched a documentary about this race a while ago. It is even more crazy than it sounds here, but the atmosphere and sense of camaraderie was fantastic!
I love this channel and it's a delight that you're covering a part of my life that I'm super into! I know people who have raced Barkley and it's something my enduro friends and I pay attention to every year
"The quality of the runners this year was obvious because they failed faster." ~ "Lazarus" Cantrell, March 25, 2018, after every runner failed to complete the third of five loops under the cutoff time.
Savage.
Simon Whistler is the only Today I Found Out host I accept.
This is like "Saw" made into a marathon
That guy who ate the ice cream was probably "ice cream? What ice cream"
17 minutes.
finna learn a lot of random shit
the guy who made this race up is such a Richard
Am I the only one that really wants to run this race now???
I'm an engineer and a second degree black belt if that helps lol
I do too
The amazing thing about humanity is that this man created this race specifically to be impossible. Not just to run but to even FIND and yet people clamour to get into it.
Humanity's greatest virtue and flaw is our stubborn attitude when told we can't do something.
Cantrell? Sounds more like something Tyler Durden would pull if he took up racing.
That's amazing. Thank you, Simon, and any others that contributed.
This is pure madness.
madness?... THIS. IS. SPARTA!!!!.....
Out of that whole thing, bonus # two had me laughing like a high school freshman that finally took a hit off his friends older brother's bong! But I digress, that race sounds wicked fun to me. It really is true, you don't know what you are truly capable of doing until you've woke up in the forest, noticing it's raining and dark despite remembering it being a sunny afternoon, and the reality of the situation sits in... 'fuck, I'm only on my second lap. screw it. I'm going back to sleep. I'll succeed at something this year!'
I don't understand the point of a race that you're not actually supposed to finish
Life.. Life!
Some people are masochistic and hate their lives (hence why a lot of these people are STEM grads).
It's for those who are used to succeeding. A challenge where they might fail for once. And you have to love your life to be so passionate about something so far away from quick money and what most people consider normal.
6:30 HOLD UP that would just piss me off and make me even more likely to run it 😂
Steel Ball Run > Barkley Marathon
That was the most non sequitur bonus fact yet. I loved it!!
Guy who moderates the race is narcissistic. "Send me an essay why I should let you run." "Send me a picture of you in your short shorts"
Matt Woods He's picking out people who have a chance of completing the race. The essay reveals their mental strength and the picture would give a good idea of physical condition.
that's way cool I still want to do that race. the bonus factors pretty cool too. keep up the good work man
So fucking awesome, it's like the rpgcodex of marathons.
I loved that the the last bonus fact was basically "Your butthole can feel things. Get off your phone while you wipe, and it will tell you when to stop."
How did we get the term "grandfathered in"
Travion Bell That is a good question. We hear it even in the law.
Grandfather clause by racist white people in the US
There's your answer folks.
Christian Dauz yep, during the reconstruction era after the Civil War.
Long Forgotten Ok, what are yall talking about?
OH my god this Cantrell person is the trolliest troll ever I love it hahahahaha
Soooo it's the SAW version of marathon
Legit never knew i could change my toilet seat to have a bidet. Always wanted one and as a renter couldn't have. I love you and your channel sooooo much.
any HunterXHunter fans getting a Hunters Exam vibe from this? lol
Love videos like these, keep up the good work TIFO!
Your profile picture is a perfect representation of the competitors during the event.
TIL there's a real version of the Hunter's Exam.
lol
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!
10:35 That alliteration, was the most entertaining excitement I've ever endulged apon. : )
I wonder if any U S Navy SEALs or other Special Forces have done this race? Does anyone know?
A few military types have, they've all failed AFAIK.
Ultra runners tend to have less ability to be able to judge cost vs return and so don't quit when they really damn well should.
this race designer basically just watched HunterxHunter and decided that it would be cool to make a hunter exam in real life
Hold my beer
Jurre 10 years later he made a harder race
This is my favorite video so far. Thanks.
See you in like 5 years I need to train
Have fun with that madness. I'll be right here, laying on my bed, watching other people try to complete a race that isnt meant to be completed.
Imagine being the sacrificial lamb on a fun run... That's worth a month of depression at least.
Sounds more like a cult than a marathon.
I love it when after these long videos he comes up with a bonus fact regarding some weird thing COMPLETELY different than then rest of the video.
earliest i have ever been here
I wish I would have known about this race while I was in my 20's
"So Intense"? *So Exclusive
Jack Finn Kirrane 14 out of 1000 people making throught the course has nothing to do with exclusivity
ilmevavi the unrealistic expectations bullshit to sign up do.
I learned about this race last year. There is a documentary on it. Absolutely fascinating!! Amazingly hard work and planning goes into this. Truely epic on all fronts!
it really doesnt seems like race. more like who can avoid losing consciousness from exhaustion the longest, which isnt always about fitness
I have never ever ever done anything with any of the sponsors.. Never even clicked on a link. But I just got this for my kiddo. thanks.
Hey guys scarce here
Turtlebtd Rotmg Hey VSAUCE michle here
I made it 8 minutes before checking if this was posted on April Fool's Day
Why do people use decimate to mean something along the lines of "destroy completely?"
chiepah2 id imagine its being confused with disintegrate and destroy
Probably because that is what the word means.
According to the dictionary, the definition of the word 'decimate' is: "1 - kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of.
2 - drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something)."
Historically, yes, it did mean to take a 10th of something, but in modern use it is common and correct to use it to describe destruction or weakening of something.
@@ndawn90 If I remember right it was an ancient punishment used in the army of the Roman empire: When the soldiers (the legion or whatever) had done something terribly wrong (or may be just failed, IDK), the generals would make them kill every 10th soldier in their own lines. Just as disciplinary punishment.
This video itself could be seen as something of an analogy for the marathon: it was quite long, and in the end all we got was a bonus fact about pooping.