Barkley Marathons 2026

Timeline

The conch was blown at Feb 14, 2026 05:00 so the race started at Feb 14, 2026 06:00 , and the race will end at Feb 16, 2026 18:00 .

The 2026 Barkley Marathons has ended. There are no finishers. #BM100

Random things I came across to fill the post race void

Sebastien's Instagram pic that tells the story

What a pic. (also The garbage bag that saved his Spine)

Run Outside overview with Zocherman pictures (archive)

As usual Jacob delivers with the pictures.

(Dutch) Interview with Noor van der Veen (archive)

Worth it to run through a translate thing, also mentions that the early start of the Barkley might have to do with climate changes and not being to intrusive on nature in the park

philbranigan.bsky.social has pics

The fog was real!

Guillaume was there, and John, and one other runner I don't know! (archive)

Solid dose of new info here.

First interview with Sebastien (archive)

Full of good stuff.

Instagram of Allie Bailey

So much pics and some video, shame it's Instagram (stories), so it will not last long.(rip interwebs, we'll now try our luck with fancy autocomplete)

Cutoffs

You can't start a loop after its cutoff.

passed

Fun Run

passed

Full Run

passed

-8335.891705836 seconds

Loops

Name	Loop 1 finish	Loop 2 start	Loop 2 finish	Loop 3 start	Loop 3 finish
Old Guy Sébastien Raichon?	09:47:08	09:56:30	22:35:40	22:54:26	38:05:46 FUN
Chiseled Jaw Guy Mathieu Blanchard?	09:47:08	09:56:50	22:35:42	22:54:27	DNF
Midnight Guy Damian Hall?	09:47:08	09:56:50	22:35:44	22:54:26	DNF
Happy Guy Max King?	10:40:29	10:49:29	24:06:38	25:42:12	DNF
Path Finder	09:47:08	09:56:50	DNF
Knee Guy John Kelly?	09:47:08	10:00:00	DNF
French Guy 1 Guillaume Calmettes?	10:07:46	10:23:46	DNF
French Guy 2	10:08:10	10:23:50	DNF
Pale Guy	10:40:27	10:50:29	DNF
More Runner 2 Noor van der Veen?	11:38:00	11:56:00	DNF
More Runner 1	11:38:00	12:04:00	DNF
Another Runner	11:56:00	12:04:00	DNF

Resources

The official™ information, provided by the infallible legend that is Keith Dunn (and the Mastodon bot that will relay his tweets)
Did a tremendous job of providing updates and useful information last year: Taka Does Stuff and Anna. And also caretakers of The List™. This is probably your best bet on the most up to date info.
A really well made chart for a quick overview can usually be found at John Sugden's Bluesky
Since Keith is now on Bluesky, the hashtag is also there: #bm100, the old horrible, horrrible network got even more horrible but I think there are still people there: #bm100
Speaking of horrible networks, Laz's Facebook page
A better network but less people on it, Mastodon #bm100
Photographers known to sometimes be around: Howie Stern, David Miller and Jacob Zocherman