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The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
Documentary · 2014
In its first 25 years only 10 people have finished The Barkley Marathons. Based on a historic prison escape, this cult like race tempts people from around the world to test their limits of physical and mental endurance in this documentary that contemplates the value of pain.
The sides of The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
- A cult ultramarathon in the Tennessee woods
- A race started by the lighting of a cigarette
- Runners pushing past exhaustion
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young is good for you if…
- you like sport at its most extreme and least glamorous.
- you want to watch people test how far a body and a mind can go.
- you like the odd race director and the stubborn runners he attracts.
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young is bad for you if…
- you want big, polished sports cinema, and this is small and homemade.
- you need constant movement, and much of it is runners alone in the woods.
About: endurance · pain · obsession
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