After months of debate within my psychogeography circles on whether the term flaneur is too pretentious and sexist, I have coined the term Meanderthal and will conduct my derives with the stumbling brutishness the term warrants. Feel free to use it widely in daily conversation. #psychogeography

Rain on plastic. Cold Tennessee air. And the architect of chaos watching it all unfold. Repost for a chance of winning a 4x6 print. I’ll select 40 at random to celebrate the 40th edition of the Barkley Marathons. #bm100 #barkleymarathons 📸 share.google/eGSiSrAnE3J1...

#BM100 report from Laz has landed. As always with his write ups it is well worth a read www.facebook.com/share/1Dnu2N...

I too would like to hear about this cave of wild boars #BM100

Well friends that's it. I'd say same time next year, but given it's the #BM100, how about some mystery time in the next 15 months?

Keith@keithdunn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The 2026 Barkley Marathons is over. There are no finishers. #BM100

I dearly want both Sebastien and Damian to get a full run and not just another measly fun run each. Alas (almost certainly) not this time. Should've put my hopes solely in the course again for guaranteed glee. #BM100

Right, that's enough creative productivity for today. Back to the #BM100

Not that what3words is good for anything beyond entertainment, but here's some of the #BM100 W3Ws: Usual starting gate - Requirements.Shortages.Weep Frozen Head Tower - Massively.Bootie.Slipping, Mystery.Imprints.Mapping & Participants.Disband.Regulate Rat Jaw - Headlamp.Alas.Fade

Using the Loop 3 #BM100 lull to get on with some slightly more normal projects. First up, fashioning miniature gates out of old diy tools. That's normal, right?

Would you accept the race nickname Eddie the Eagle as part of the deal? #BM100

Demanda 🔑@demanda.bsky.social · 6mo ago

SEE, THIS COULD BE ME #bm100

One thing I'm not clear on this year is if L1&2 being CCW means 3&4 are both CW, or if 3 is CW and 4 is CCW. What do we think? Personally I imagine 3CW and 4CCW is harder, and therefore more likely. #BM100

I see you #BM100 followers using it as inspiration for your Sunday runs. Pro tip: I just went out into my muddy garden, spun around until I felt disoriented, and then had a cold shower - you can actually skip out the running bit and get the same benefits

In order to stop myself dismissively saying "but running in the rain is lovely", I'm watching videos of Rat Jaw in the rain. Less lovely. more "Where did I go wrong to end up here?" #BM100 youtube.com/shorts/YNpla...

2023 Barkley Fall Classic - Descending Rat Jaw

YouTube video by Carey Allen Running

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Glad Laz is having a good weekend. The campaign page for Damo's feet and sanity will be set up shortly... that man needs an intervention. #BM100

Keith@keithdunn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

laz: How’s it going Damian? Damian Hall: Probably exactly how you want it to be going. #BM100

Back for the UK day shift on the #BM100 So far my phone tells me we have barefoot runners, we've heard a lot of Taps, and Keith said something hilarious about making things easier next year. I'm just worried it won't go beyond Fun Run and everyone will have to go back to work tomorrow.

Strange new strategies afoot in the Barkley, maybe the kit was too heavy and stripping off will give runner the edge they need. #BM100

Keith@keithdunn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Damian Hall began loop 3 barefoot at 22:54:26. Mathieu Blanchard and Sébastien Raichon began loop 3 shortly thereafter. #BM100

Okay we have nicknames to decipher. Struggling to recall previous years' nicknames in detail, and sad to not see Back to the Future Hair at the front but I'll cope

Keith@keithdunn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Chiseled Jaw Guy, Knee Guy, Old Guy, Midnight guy, and The Path Finder are the first five in. #BM100

Damnn, @keithdunn.bsky.social posts a bit earlier on X, gotta keep opening the app of doom :D Five finished loop 1 #bm100

I might just pretend @keithdunn.bsky.social is too busy celebrating Newcastle's win to update the #BM100 So I'll just assume everyone is doing very well and having a lovely time and Keith just forgot to mention it.

Refresh, refresh, refresh... Why don't they finish Loop 1 faster if I refresh my feed more? #BM100

Questions I know John Kelly felt very humbled by the Winter Spine Race last month... has anyone heard anything about him this #BM100 ? Is Damien Hall down as "likely" racing for any particular reason? His work with the Green Runners makes me feel like he's not a given despite his love for the BM.

The Brits reckon Orange Bucket Hat is Iain Bethune. I think they could be right. #BM100

French-French? Swiss-French? Belgian-French? Canadian-French? Very sneaky and cryptic, just how I like it. (C'mon Sébastien!)

Keith@keithdunn.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The first five through the tower all have French accents.

This is just to say I have eaten the runners that were in the forest And which you were probably tracking for inspo Forgive me they were delicious so sweet And so lost #BM100 #BM100fangirling

Condolences for me... In 2026 I will be on the start line of #BM100 rather than adding my own unique brand of commentary from afar. As for who is the person behind the account, you'll just have to guess 😈

Ah hah - the ferrets are awake #bm100 barkley.ferrett.io#runners

Not that I have allegiances but I'm rooting for Back to the Future Hair and #TeamTomo (is Tomo there? I don't care, I'm Team Tomo either way). Oh, and the course itself, always rooting for the course. #BM100

Why so early?! Sorry to be that guy, but Laz isn't just trying to fuck with runners, he's also responding to the ecological impacts of climate change. And he's probably fucking with runners a bit, but that's a given. #BM100 www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...

‘60 hours of hell’: hardship is the only way forward at the Barkley Marathons

More crucible than race, the Barkley Marathons in the hostile backwoods of Tennessee remains the world’s toughest footrace, where change, adaptation and the struggle to survive play out

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I came as soon as I heard!!! I knew they'd be fucking with us this year but February?!?!?! #BM100

Eugine has left the Spine, Back to the Future Hair is set for a win. I would have been happy with either of them winning, but I have to admit the Barkley fan in me was gunning for Sebastien throughout, so I'm quietly thrilled. #spinerace #dotwatching