Endurance
Barkley 100 Mile
Frozen Head State Park, Tennessee
🇺🇸
Sat, February 14, 2026
Five brutal loops through the Cumberland Mountains, with roughly 20 miles and 12,000 feet of climbing per loop. Runners must find hidden books on the unmarked course and tear out pages as proof of completion. 60-hour time limit.
Distance
161km
Elevation Gain
20,000m+
Race History
Winners and podiums of Barkley 100 Mile
2026
(February 14)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers. Sebastien Raichon completed fun run
(38:05:46).
2025
(March 18)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers. John Kelly completed fun run in 39:50.
Course made significantly harder after record 2024.
2024
(March 19)
161km
Men
1st
Ihor Verys🇨🇦
58:44:59
2nd
59:15:38
3rd
Jared Campbell🇺🇸
59:30:32
4th
Greig Hamilton🇳🇿
59:38:42
Women
1st
59:58:215th
overall
Record five finishers. Jasmin Paris became the first
woman to finish, with 99 seconds to spare.
2023
(March 16)
161km
Men
Three finishers for only the second time in history.
2022
(March 8)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2021
(March 17)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2020
161km
No results recorded
Race cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019
(March 30)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2018
(March 24)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2017
(April 1)
161km
Men
1st
59:30:53
First finisher since 2016. Kelly became 15th person to
ever finish.
2016
(April 2)
161km
Men
1st
Jared Campbell🇺🇸
59:32:30
Campbell became first three-time finisher.
2015
(March 28)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2014
(March 29)
161km
Men
1st
Jared Campbell🇺🇸
57:53:20
Campbell became second two-time finisher.
2013
(March 30)
161km
Men
1st
Nick Hollon🇺🇸
57:39:24
2nd
Travis Wildeboer🇨🇦
58:41:45
Two finishers.
2012
(March 31)
161km
Men
1st
Brett Maune🇺🇸
52:03:08
2nd
Jared Campbell🇺🇸
56:00:16
3rd
John Fegyveresi🇺🇸
59:41:21
First year with three finishers.
2011
(April 2)
161km
Men
1st
Brett Maune🇺🇸
57:13:33
2010
(March 27)
161km
Men
1st
Jonathan Basham🇺🇸
59:18:44
2009
(April 2)
161km
Men
1st
Andrew Thompson🇺🇸
57:37:19
Thompson may have been first to finish on debut attempt.
2008
(March 28)
161km
Men
1st
Brian Robinson🇺🇸
55:42:27
2007
(March 31)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2006
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2005
(April 2)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
2004
(April 3)
161km
Men
1st
Mike Tilden🇺🇸
57:25:18
2nd
Jim Nelson🇺🇸
57:28:25
Two finishers.
2003
(March 29)
161km
Men
1st
Ted Keizer🇺🇸
56:57:52
2002
161km
No results recorded
No race due to temporary park closure.
2001
(March 12)
161km
Men
1st
David Horton🇺🇸
58:21:00
2nd
Blake Wood🇺🇸
58:21:01
Horton and Wood ran together; the finishes are
technically unofficial because a prohibited section of
the course was used.
2000
(April 1)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
1999
(April 3)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
1998
(April 4)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
1997
(April 5)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
1996
(March 30)
161km
No results recorded
No finishers.
1995
(April 1)
161km
Men
1st
Mark Williams🇬🇧
59:28:48
First ever finisher of the full 100-mile course after
format expanded from 55 miles.